Adenanthos cuneatus Coral Drift, a beautiful Australian shrub that can reach 100cm tall with silvery blue, wedge-shaped leaves edged in a reddish pink. Even with no flowers, the plant is colorful.
A spreading plant with wedge shaped leaves that are grey at maturity but strongly tinged
with pink and purple when new. Small, hardly noticeable, bird attractant flowers over the warmer months.
C.ciliatum is usually a small, erect or spreading shrub to about 1 metre high. It has linear, narrow leaves up to 40 mm long and highly aromatic when crushed. The small, white or pink flowers occur in spring and summer and age to a deeper pink colour. They are circular in shape and about 15 mm in diameter.
Although native to a dry summer climate, Stirling wax has been cultivated successfully in more humid, temperate and sub-tropical areas but cannot be said to be easy to maintain for long periods in those areas. The species is undoubtedly more adaptable to areas of dry summers. It requires a very well drained position, preferably in sandy soil in sun or semi shade. Once established, plants will tolerate periods of extended dryness.
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