Bleeding Heart – Homalanthus Populifolius

Description

Height

• Bushy shrub or small tree 2-4 m high

Aspect

• Full sun or part shade

Soil

• Requires moist soil.

Flowers

• October and December, followed by a dark-colored fleshy two-lobed capsular fruit, ripe in late summer.

Tips

• Fruit is relished by a variety of native birds including rainforest pigeons, bowerbirds, honeyeaters, currawongs, orioles and silvereyes.