A medium to large-sized native shrub ideal for formal or informal hedging
Syzygium Australe 'Straight and Narrow'
Lilly Pillys are by far one of the best quick growing native hedging plants. Straight and Narrow is a slender, semi-compact and dense variety. It has tight attractive leaves with white flowers that produce pink/red edible berries, these berries are a bush tucker food.
This psyllid resistant variety has glossy deep green foliage and coppery tones on new growth.
Syzygium Australe 'Straight and narrow' make great hedges, they can be clipped to make a traditional formal hedge or they can be left to grow in their natural form in which case they develop into a large conical shrub. These shrubs are perfect for constricted areas such as a long fences driveways due to it's very narrow growth habit. When clipped into a formal hedge they can be kept short. Lilly Pilly ‘Straight and narrow’ is psyllid resistant meaning they rarely get the leaf disfiguration and scaring caused by a leaf boring insect common to many Lilly Pillys.
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Height & Width |
Left to grow unclipped they can grow from 5-8 metres high X 1-1.5 metres wide at the base. They can be kept short and narrower by training as a formal hedge. |
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Aspect |
Full sun to part shade, tolerates cold and dry once established |
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Soil Type |
they perform best in moist, well draining, fertile soils. |
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Maintenance |
Prune as desired to shape, fertilise in spring with slow release fertiliser |
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Flowers and Fruit |
Spring and summer with creamy white fluffy flowers followed by red berries |
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Planting Rates |
For hedges plant at 1 to 1.5 metre centres. |
| Size | 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 |
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