Bursaria spinosa
“Blackthorn”
SHRUB TO 3 METRES TALLErect, thorny shrub with dark green shiny leaves, and masses of white flowers in late Spring/Summer, attractive brown fruit, which are useful for floral arrangements. Attracts Bright Copper & Dull Copper butterflies. Hardy.
| Suitability | |
|---|---|
| Category | Medium Shrubs up to 5m |
| Family | Pittosporaceae |
| Aspect | Full Sun / Filtered Sun |
| Soil | Adaptable |
| Habitat | Dry Sclerophyll Forest |
| Features | |
| Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Bush Food Plants, Butterfly Plants, Fire Resistant Plants, Perfumed Flowering Plants, Possum Plants | |
| Localities | |
| Alderley, Ascot, Auchenflower, Ballymore, Bardon, Berrinba, Calamvale, Camp Hill, Carina, Carina Heights, Cubberla Creek, Darra, Deagon, Doboy, Dorrington, Drewvale, Eagle Farm, Eagle Junction, Ellengrove, Enoggera, Enoggera Catchment, Everton Park, Ferny Grove, Gaythorne, Grovely, Hamilton, Heathwood, Hendra, Hill End, Inala, Indooroopilly, Ipswich area, Ironside, Ithaca, Kalinga, Karawatha, Keperra, Larapinta, Lindum, Logan City, Lytton, Meeandah, Milton, Mitchelton, Mt Gravatt, Myrtletown, Nathan, Normanby, Nudgee Beach, Oakleigh, Oxford Park, Parkinson, Pine Rivers, Pinkenba, Rainworth, Richlands, Rosalie, Seven Hills, Stretton, Toombul, Toowong, Torwood, Wacol, Whites Hill, Windsor, Woolloongabba | |
