Native Cranberry
Astroloma humifusum
A mat forming ground cover that is useful for rockeries, embankments or planting under trees and shrubs.
The narrow leaves are a bit prickly, but the tubular red flowers are stunning in autumn to winter when not much else is flowering.
Flowering time
Autumn
Winter
Light requirements
Full sun
Landscape setting
Plains
Hills
Tolerates
Frost resistant
Drought
Flowers at a critical time of the year when other bird pollinated species aren't available. Important food source for honey eaters, native butterflies and insects. Ripe fruits are sought after by emus, lizards and small mammals.
Habitat for