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Kangaroo paw


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Kangaroo paw

Make a bold statement in your garden with kangaroo paw. This unusual perennial comes from Australia and bears strappy green leaves and upright spikes of fuzzy flowers in radioactively brilliant colors. The blooms last a long time and make great cut flowers.

Light:
Sun
Zones:
10-11
Plant Type:
Perennial
Plant Height:
2-10 feet tall
Plant Width:
1-3 feet wide
Flower Color:
White, pink, red, yellow, or orange flowers, depending on variety
Bloom Time:
Blooms spring and summer, depending on variety
Landscape Uses:
Containers,Beds & Borders
Special Features:
Flowers,Cut Flowers,Dried Flowers,Drought Tolerant,Easy to Grow
Plant It With
Daylily

Daylilies are just as low maintenance as kangaroo paw and have similar foliage. The difference in flowers creates interest in the summer garden.

Propagation
Seed
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karenwilliams23 wrote:

ps the red is by far the best of all the paws

12/5/2010 11:25:42 PM Report Abuse
karenwilliams23 wrote:

I am an Aussie and find your site FABULOUS, am going to impliment the small fountain garden plan, and am so pleased that Americans have embrased a plant from my country, anyone who chooses this plant will NOT be dissapointed.

12/5/2010 11:24:39 PM Report Abuse
lopezoliver wrote:

Where can you buy Kangaroo paw seeds or plants?

8/2/2010 09:46:02 PM Report Abuse

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