Eremophila glabra – Kalbarri Sunset

Prostrate shrub with mid-green leaves and attractive, yellow, orange and bright red tubular flowers. A hardy ground cover that flowers in late winter and spring, and at other times, and grows from 0.3 to 0.5m H and 1.2 to 1.5m W. It prefers well-drained soil, including sandy loam, loam, gravelly loam, clay loam, clay and coastal limestone sand. It looks lovely grown as a border, down slopes, in rockeries and along driveways, and attracts nectar-feeding birds. It prefers full sun and tolerates frost, drought and coastal wind. Low maintenance. Origin – North-West Coast.