Cotton Bush makes a fabulous feature shrub in rockeries with its rusty coloured buds, giving way to a mass display of white flowers right through the winter months. It needs good drainage and plenty of sun, but it will tolerate a bit of frost as well. All the attention it needs is a bit of pruning and you can achieve that by cutting the flowers for the vase inside through the winter months and then a light trim coming into spring.
Cryptandra scortechinii – Cotton Bush
Plant Information
Plant Type - Small shrub
Common Name - Cotton Bush
Scientific Name - Cryptandra scortechinii
Family - Rhamnaceae
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Minimum Height - 0.5
Maximum Height - 1
Minimum Width - 0.5
Maximum Width - 1
Flower Colour - White
Flowering Time - Winter
pH Level - Acid, Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Type - Loamy, Sandy loam, Clay loam
Plant Environment - Low maintenance garden, Courtyard, Container growing, Cottage garden, Flower garden, Drought resistant
Climate Zone - Warm temperate, Cool temperate, Mediterranean
Light - Sunny
Growth Habit - Evergreen, Mound-shaped
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Soil Moisture - Well-drained
Propagation Method - Softwood cutting, Semihardwood cutting
Frost Tolerance - Tolerates light frost
Plant Usage - Border plant
Special Uses - Playground friendly
Attracts Wildlife - Bees, Butterflies
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