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Gardening with Indigenous Plants
Indigenous Plant Use
Identification & Control of Common Weeds
| Botanical Name: | Cassinia sifton synonym: Cassinia sp. aff. arcuata |
| Common Name: | chinese scrub, drooping cassinia, sifton bush |
| Status: | DISABLED: Unavailable for now & possibly forever |
| Sold As: | Tube ($2.00) |
| Plant Type(s): | Low Growing Shrub (30 cm to 1 m), Medium Shrub (1 to 2 m), Tall Shrub (2 to 6 m) |
| Growing Conditions: | Full Sun, Partial Shade
Infertile, Dry, Well Drained |
| Size (HxW): | 1-4 m x 1-2 m |
| Foliage: | Spicy aromatic, small narrow drooping shiny leaves to 1cm long |
| Flowers: | Long, narrow, drooping clusters of shiny pale brown flowerheads hanging from branches. Flowers from November to February. |
| General Comments: | Fast and very easy to grow. Interesting weeping shrub for dry, hard to grow areas. Can be planted beneath established trees. Remove old flowerheads to promote new flowers and dense growth. Readily colonises disturbed soils. |
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| Similar Plant(s): | Ozothamnus ferrugineus |
This image by Neil Blair, has licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/>
This image by Neil Blair, has licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/>
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