Twiggy myrtle — Sannantha similis

Sannantha similis

Pollinator favourite Shelter for wildlife Resilient garden plant

$8.00

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Plant profile

At a glance

The essentials for finding the right garden position.

Mature size: Height: 1–3 m · Width: 1–2 m
Light: Full sun, Part shade
Water: Moist
Soil: Loamy, Clay, Sandy
Drainage: Well-drained • Moderately drained
Vegetation type: Dry Eucalypt, Wet Eucalypt, Rainforest
Plant lifespan: Long-lived perennial
Plant form: Shrubs

Plant ratings

A quick guide to this plant’s value for wildlife and the garden.

Bird food value
Host plant value
Pollinator value
Shelter & habitat value
Flower display
Garden resilience

About this plant

A fine-textured local myrtle with narrow leaves and clusters of small white flowers. Its compact, twiggy habit adds a light shrub layer to native gardens, especially where a large screening shrub would feel too heavy.

Image credits:
Mature image: Jenny O'Connell via iNaturalist — CC BY 4.0
Feature image: Murray Fagg via Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 3.0 AU

More plant details

Garden uses: Fine-textured habitat shrub, mixed native border, informal low screen, pond margin and naturalistic planting.
Wildlife value: Not primarily a bird-food shrub, although birds can forage for insects among the fine foliage. No specialist host-plant relationship is used in this rating. The small white myrtaceous flowers provide pollen and nectar for native bees and other insects. Its twiggy branching provides useful low cover and refuge for small animals and insects.
Flowering and fruiting: Small white flowers are produced in the leaf axils, commonly in summer, and are followed by small capsules.
Growth habit: Twiggy evergreen shrub with narrow foliage; indicative mature size 1–3 m × 1–2 m.
Cautions: Best with reliable moisture while establishing; light pruning can encourage a denser garden form.