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Gardening with
Indigenous Plants
Indigenous Plant Use Identification & Control
of Common Weeds

Botanical Name:Daviesia latifolia 
Common Name:Hop Bitter-pea 
Sold As:Tube ($2.00)
Plant
Type(s):
Medium Shrub (1 to 2 m), Tall Shrub (2 to 6 m), Bird Attracting, Hedging
Growing
Conditions:
Full Sun, Partial Shade
Dry, Well Drained
Size
(HxW):
3 m x 2 m
Foliage:Leathery, blue-green elliptic to egg-shaped leaves 2-15 cm x 5-70 mm with network of prominent veins and wavy edges.
Flowers:Many-flowered sprays of small fragrant yellow and brown pea flowers, with a distinct bract at the base of each stalk. Triangular pod. September-December
General
Comments:

Useful for screening or hedge.  Open to dense erect shrub with angular branchlets.  Frost and snow tolerant.  

Can be pruned to shape. Leaves were used to replace hops by early settlers.

Further
Information:
  1. Whitehorse Council 
  2. Yarra Ranges Council 
  3. Australian Plant Society (NSW) 
  4. Australian Native Plants Society 
  5. Wikipedia (free online encyclopedia) 
  6. Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria (VICFLORA) 


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