Also known as Tie Bush, Bootlace Bark and Bushman’s Bootlace
Evergreen perennial shrub with dense rounded habit to 1.5
Shade / Semi-Shade
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable / Moist
Dark Green leaves to 6 cm, Dull underneath Green tubular flowers to 7 mm in Spring to Autumn
Orange to Red berry fruit to 7 mm – TOXIC
Family: Thymelaceae
Natural Habitat: Wet Sclerophyll Forest
- Fruit-Eating Bird Attracting
- Bark strips used for substitute string
- Aboriginal Medicine Source
Tubestock from Kumbartcho Nursery 1 December 2020.
Planted in front bed – didn’t survive
New plant July 2024 – against back fence, easter end