Phyllanthaceae
Poranthera microphylla
Poranthera microphylla
Also known as Poranthera microphylla var. genuina, Poranthera microphylla var. glauca, Poranthera microphylla var. procera, Poranthera microphylla var. diffusa
Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Australian Native · Phyllanthaceae · Small Shrub · Part Shade · Poranthera · Ground Cover · Native Garden · New South Wales · Queensland
Poranthera microphylla is a small Australian native shrub best suited to garden beds with partial shade and well-drained, moderately moist soils. Water regularly during dry spells but avoid waterlogging the roots. It is a specialist plant rarely found outside of native Australian plant nurseries.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, keeping soil consistently moist but not waterlogged · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- 0°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 5 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- New South Wales, New Zealand South, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle
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