.png) Coprosma repens 'Fireburst' (PP# 14,906)
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- common names: Australian mirror bush
- flowering season: inconspicuous flowers
- height: 4 feet; this plant responds very well to pruning and can easily be kept to a smaller size
- Light requirements: sun to partial shade
- Soil requirements: average, well drained
- Water requirments: prefers more water than average although it becomes drought tolerant with age
- Growth habit: an evergreen bush
- Leaf type: small oval leaves of green surrounded in creamy pink become a more brilliant fiery red in winter
- Ways to use it: for winter color; or grown in a pot where it can be pruned and kept to a small size and combined with small spring-flowering bulbs such as crocus or grape hyacinth; allowed to become a larger shrub in the landscape
- Special characteristics: evergreen, colorful and relatively fast growing
Small leaved and bushy, this woody plant has colorful, evergreen foliage. The leaves are quite glossy and reflect sunlight. Commonly known as “mirror bush,” it is native to Australia and so cannot take much winter cold, only to USDA Zones 9 - 11. In places warm enough to grow it outdoors year around, it becomes drought tolerant with age, and is undemanding. We like it best planted in a container garden, set outdoors for the summer on a terrace or deck. It is very prunable and is easily kept to a small size if you wanted. |
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