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    Kangaroo paw is a rhizomatous perennial native to Australia that produces colorful flower spikes in summer. It grows upright in a clumping habit from 0.3 to 3 meters tall. The leaves are dark green and strap-like. The inflorescence is a raceme or spike of flowers that resemble a kangaroo's paw with a tubular perianth and six lobes. Kangaroo paw prefers full sun, well-drained soil, and perfect drainage to avoid root rot issues. It is used in borders, beds, and pots to attract birds with its colorful blooms.

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    Kangaroo paw is a rhizomatous perennial native to Australia that produces colorful flower spikes in summer. It grows upright in a clumping habit from 0.3 to 3 meters tall. The leaves are dark green and strap-like. The inflorescence is a raceme or spike of flowers that resemble a kangaroo's paw with a tubular perianth and six lobes. Kangaroo paw prefers full sun, well-drained soil, and perfect drainage to avoid root rot issues. It is used in borders, beds, and pots to attract birds with its colorful blooms.

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    Anigozanthos New LT

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    Kangaroo paw is a rhizomatous perennial native to Australia that produces colorful flower spikes in summer. It grows upright in a clumping habit from 0.3 to 3 meters tall. The leaves are dark green and strap-like. The inflorescence is a raceme or spike of flowers that resemble a kangaroo's paw with a tubular perianth and six lobes. Kangaroo paw prefers full sun, well-drained soil, and perfect drainage to avoid root rot issues. It is used in borders, beds, and pots to attract birds with its colorful blooms.

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    Plant Profile Sheet/ Recognise Plants

    Family: Haemodoraceae

    Botanical Name: Anigozanthos spp

    Common Name/s: Kangaroo paw (cultivars) Country of origin: Tree or shrub etc Evergreen or Deciduous etc Dimensions at Maturity Growth Habit Cultivars: Many See below evergreen Height x Width Variable according to sp or cultivar .3 to 3mtr Upright clumping Shape
    Linear; strap like

    Drawing/Photo

    Shape Type
    Simple arises from base of clump; radical arrangement; flat in cross section to roundish Perfume/other Inflorescence on a long scape; nil perfume

    Arrangement
    From base in fan

    Margin
    entire

    Colour /Other
    Dark dull green; sides same

    Leaves

    Shape Perianth tube; 6perianth lobes; when closed resembles a kangaroos paw

    inflorescence Raceme or spike; 1 sided or terminal panicle or corymb

    Season/months Summer ; hot months

    Colour/Other Sometimes bicoloured

    Flowers

    Other: Rhizomatous soft wooded perennial Culture Uses Climate and Aspect Soils Maintenance Propagation Borders; colourful shrub edges; cut flowers; pot culture; bird attractant Needs perfect drainage; prone to root rots in our climate; needs air movement; avoid water in foliage in summer; full sun Well drained to the extent of considering succulent mix; mound soils; tolerates fertiliser to improve blooms; some cultivars suit pot culture Remove flowers when finished to base; remove dead leaves to base; can be heavily pruned to base at end of flowering period; can reduce fungal disease Divide in winter from rhizome; tissue culture

    Fruit

    Capsule which splits

    Plant Profile Sheet/ Recognise Plants

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