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Gardening with Indigenous Plants
Indigenous Plant Use
Identification & Control of Common Weeds
Botanical Name:Pomaderris aspera
Common Name:hazel pomaderris
Sold As:Tube ($2.00)
Plant
Type(s):
Tall Shrub (2 to 6 m), Tree (up to 6 m), Bird Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting
Growing
Conditions:
Partial Shade, Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Size
(HxW):
3-6 m x 2-4 m
Foliage:Dark green large soft leaves to 14cm long, paler on the underside.
Flowers:Masses of cream-yellow flowers from October to December. Petals absent.
General
Comments:
May be established beneath existing trees and suited as a tall screen or windbreak. Useful for stabilising soils along streams and gullies. The tree has interesting bark markings as it ages. Can be copsed. Food plant for caterpillars.


Further
Information:
  1. Whitehorse Council
  2. Yarra Ranges Council (Victora, close to us)
  3. Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria (VICFLORA, technical, good photos)
  4. Wikipedia (free online encyclopedia)
  5. iNaturalist
  6. NatureMapr (Canberra)
  7. Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew UK, technical)


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