Common Name:
Woollybush
Plant Type:
Evergreen shrub
Family:
Proteaceae (The Protea Family)
Geographic Origin:
Australia
California Native?:
No

Plant Size:
2-3 feet high by 3-5 feet wide
Landscape/Garden Uses:
Mixed plantings
Flowering Season:
Spring

Flower Color:
Red
Exposure:
Full sun
Soils:
Well-drained soil

Suggested Irrigation:
Moderate to occasional watering
Estimated Hardiness:
Hardy to 20-25 degrees F.

Introduced by the UCSC/Koala Blooms program, Adenanthos 'Coral Drift' is a low, spreading shrub with limber stems and furry, wedge-shaped leaves, tinted with coral in new growth and becoming silver-grey as they expand. Small red flowers nestle among the leaves in fall and winter.