Botanical Name: Syzygium paniculatum (=Eugenia myrtifolia)
Common Name: Eugenia \ Brush Cherry

 

Use: Outdoors
Indigenous/Exotic : Exotic
Evergreen/Deciduous : Evergreen
Plant Type : Large shrub or small tree
Flower Colour : Creamy white
Foliage Colour : Green
Best Season : All seasons
Light : Sun
Hardiness : Semi-hardy to Frost-tender
Attributes :
Height (m) : 5
Spread (m) : 1.5
    
Notes: A highly recommended shrub often called Australian Brush Cherry. Ornamental and columnar, it is useful as a background shrub, as container plant, as a screener or as a windbreak. It also makes a strong trimmed hedge. Has shiny narrow, mid-green leaves and bronze-red new growth. In summer it produces small fluffy creamy white flowers and later pinky red fruits. These make a clear, ruby red jelly. The Eugenia grows best in warm, frost-free areas. In the drier areas it needs regular watering. Prefers a fairly fertile soil which has been enriched with compost. It should be planted in a sunny position, as too much shade leads to loss of foliage colour and few flowers. These trees self-seed freely and are not fussy about soil.