Plant Database
Coastal Woollybush
Adenanthos sericeus
Coastal Woollybush is a stunning foliage plant prized for its exceptionally soft, silvery-green, needle-like leaves that feel like plush velvet. This fast-growing evergreen shrub forms a dense, conical to columnar shape, providing excellent structure and a unique, luminous texture in the landscape. It produces small, inconspicuous red flowers that are attractive to birds. Exceptionally tolerant of coastal winds, salt spray, and drought, it is a premier choice for creating a silvery windbreak, hedge, or adding a striking architectural element to Mediterranean and dry gardens.
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Spectacular Silvery, Velvety Foliage: The main attraction is its dense covering of extremely soft, fine, silver-green leaves that provide year-round textural beauty.
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Fast-Growing & Excellent for Screening: Quickly develops into a tall, dense, columnar shrub, making it ideal for creating a quick privacy screen or windbreak in coastal areas.
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Exceptional Coastal Hardiness: Thrives in exposed, windy, and salty coastal conditions where many other plants struggle.
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Drought Tolerant & Low Maintenance: Once established, it requires very little water and care. It rarely needs pruning except to control size or shape.
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Architectural & Versatile: Its neat, conical form makes it a superb choice for formal hedging, as a specimen, or for adding vertical interest and cool color to mixed plantings.