{"title":"Emu Bush","description":"\u003cp\u003eEmu bushes (Eremophila) are the inland's gift to the waterwise garden: silver and green foliage, tubular flowers that honeyeaters patrol daily, and a genuine indifference to drought once established. This page lists every eremophila available from our partner farms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe silver-foliage forms are the designers' picks: \u003ca href=\"\/products\/emu-bush-eremophila-silver-flame-pbr\"\u003eSilver Flame\u003c\/a\u003e pairs felted silver leaves with pink flower spikes, and Spring Mist, a selection of the silky emu bush (Eremophila nivea), reads as a silver cloud in flower. The pinks run deep: \u003ca href=\"\/products\/emu-bush-eremophila-pink-pantha\"\u003ePink Pantha\u003c\/a\u003e, Pink Pearl, Pink Passion, Magic Blush and the arching Ballerina. Blue Horizon carries the blue-mauve end of the palette, Wild Berry the richer tones, and the groundcovers Amber Carpet and Crazy Mac hold banks and verges with months of colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowing notes: eremophilas come from country where rain is an event, so drainage is everything. Full sun, sandy or gravelly soil, or a mounded bed over clay, and water only to establish; after the first summer, rainfall does the job in most of southern and inland Australia. Prune lightly and often after flowering flushes to keep plants dense, avoid rich composts and high-phosphorus fertilisers, and in humid coastal districts give them your most open, breezy position. The grey-leafed forms in particular repay a spot where air moves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlowers appear on and off almost year-round, with the main flush late winter through spring, right when honeyeaters need it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompanions that share the same tastes live in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/natives\"\u003eAustralian natives\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/westringia\"\u003ewestringia\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/low-maintenance\"\u003elow-maintenance plants\u003c\/a\u003e. Every order ships farm-direct with flat $99 delivery across QLD, NSW, VIC, SA, ACT and WA, a $399 minimum order, and the 30-Day Healthy Plant Guarantee.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"emu-bush-eremophila-alt-x-macwild-berry","title":"Emu Bush - Eremophila alt x macWild Berry","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat do you get from crossing Eremophila alternifolia with E. maculata? Fine narrow foliage and a long run of tubular berry-toned flowers held along the stems, right where honeyeaters can reach into them. Flowering is heaviest through the cooler months and then repeats in flushes, which is normal for maculata hybrids rather than a sign the plant is finished.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrainage decides whether this plant lives. Eremophilas are dry country shrubs and they resent wet feet, humidity and mulch heaped against the stem. On heavy clay or through a wet coastal summer, plant high on a mound with coarse sand or gravel worked through the backfill, and water sparingly once it is away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlants of this type may be grown on their own roots or grafted onto Myoporum for difficult soils. If yours is grafted, watch below the graft union and rub off suckers early. Tip prune after each flush to keep the bush full rather than open and woody.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 130mm up to 5L, priced from $16.95 to $29.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/australian-native-trees-for-shade\"\u003eAustralian native trees\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"5L","offer_id":64308821557617,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"130mm","offer_id":64311663362417,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/UeLEHpRJqa7_Tk4iwAh-W_pEhRaWZw.jpg?v=1787627822"},{"product_id":"emu-bush-eremophila-ballerina","title":"Emu Bush - Eremophila Ballerina","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnlike the big silver inland species that sulk in a watered garden bed, the named garden eremophilas such as Ballerina are chosen for a tidier habit and a long season of tubular flowers in the pink to mauve range. Leaves are small and slightly tacky to the touch, and blooms open a few at a time along the stems over months rather than in one short burst.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComing in a 180mm pot, this is a plant to establish carefully. Set it out in autumn or early spring into ground that drains freely and gets sun for most of the day, and keep water off the foliage. Overhead sprinklers and dense mulch pushed against the stem are the two most common ways gardeners lose eremophilas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrune while the plant is young. Light tip pruning after flowering builds a dense frame, whereas cutting back hard into old bare wood later often fails to reshoot. Go easy with fertiliser, since lean soil produces the sturdiest growth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 180mm, at $22.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/australian-native-trees-for-shade\"\u003eAustralian native trees\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"180mm","offer_id":64308821754225,"sku":null,"price":22.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/zvRCgHCslHheCuCVTGUim_xv1CbV3t.jpg?v=1787627947"},{"product_id":"emu-bush-eremophila-nivea-spring-mist","title":"Silky Emu Bush - Eremophila nivea Spring Mist","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is a reason Eremophila nivea has a reputation for dying suddenly in eastern gardens. It is a Western Australian shrub with felted silver-white foliage, and that fine hairy covering is built for dry air. Wet it repeatedly through a humid summer and fungal collapse follows, often with very little warning. Spring Mist is a selected form grown for a better habit and a good show of lilac to mauve tubular flowers against the silver, but it needs the same handling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet it up properly and it is a striking plant. Plant high on a mound, backfill with coarse gritty material, mulch with gravel or leave the surface bare, and keep the base of the stem clear. Irrigate at ground level if at all, never overhead, and choose a spot where air moves rather than a still corner between walls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrim lightly after flowering to hold the shape. Old wood is reluctant to reshoot, so do not leave it until the plant has gone bare and leggy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 200mm up to 5L, priced from $29.95 to $36.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/australian-native-trees-for-shade\"\u003eAustralian native trees\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64308829880689,"sku":null,"price":36.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5L","offer_id":64308829913457,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/Dffq9IU1XGSk8z18ddd-J_VLmHSBFw.jpg?v=1787627822"},{"product_id":"emu-bush-eremophila-pink-pantha","title":"Emu Bush - Eremophila Pink Pantha","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy do eremophilas thrive across the mallee and then fail in a suburban bed? Almost always it comes down to water and soil. Pink Pantha is sold as a compact pink flowered selection, and like the rest of the group it comes from country where rain is occasional and the ground dries hard between falls. Give it rich soil, a daily dripper and thick mulch over the root zone and it grows soft, then collar rot takes it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePut it in the sunniest, driest, best drained position you have. Sandy or gravelly soil, a raised bed or mound on clay, gravel mulch kept clear of the stem, and water only through extended dry spells once the first year is behind it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe reward is tubular flowers over a long season, worked steadily by honeyeaters, on a low bushy plant that suits dry rockeries, verges, coastal sand and pots. Both the 140mm and 5lt sizes settle in fastest planted in autumn or early spring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 140mm up to 5L, priced from $16.95 to $29.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/australian-native-trees-for-shade\"\u003eAustralian native trees\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64308830306673,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5L","offer_id":64308830339441,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/cd-Fygucs6tOAA8-QXuUd_yPV6V58b.jpg?v=1787627946"},{"product_id":"emu-bush-eremophila-pink-passion","title":"Emu Bush - Eremophila Pink Passion","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf the rest of a dry garden is grey foliage, gravel and spiky form, a pink flowered emu bush is what supplies the colour. Pink Passion carries tubular flowers in the pink range along its stems through the cooler months and again in flushes afterwards, each one shaped for honeyeaters rather than for bees.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt plants well alongside:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWestringia and correa, which take the same lean, sharply drained soil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKangaroo paw and lomandra for contrast in leaf form\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrevillea and callistemon where you want a longer nectar season for birds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eGive it full sun and free draining ground, and mound the bed if you are on clay. Keep gravel or coarse mulch away from the base of the stem, water at soil level, and avoid rich compost, which produces sappy growth that splits and rots. A light trim after each flowering flush keeps the bush compact. Supplied in 5lt, ready to plant straight out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 5L, at $29.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/australian-native-trees-for-shade\"\u003eAustralian native trees\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"5L","offer_id":64308830470513,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/r8m73nX1ZmIfC9KdCT_Tw_u5XA9GWa.jpg?v=1787627946"},{"product_id":"emu-bush-eremophila-pink-pearl","title":"Emu Bush - Eremophila Pink Pearl","description":"\u003cp\u003eYou will find half a dozen pink flowered eremophilas in the trade with similar names, and they are not always distinguishable in a pot. Pink Pearl is one of those selections: a bird attracting emu bush with small firm leaves and tubular flowers in the pink range over a long season. If a job needs plants that match, buy them in one order from one grower rather than topping up later from a different source.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCulture is the same across the group, and it is unforgiving in only one respect. These are dry country shrubs. Full sun, sharp drainage, no overhead watering, no mulch heaped against the stem, and restraint with the hose once the first season is over.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the ground it earns its keep in verge plantings, coastal sand, rockeries and low water landscapes that need something flowering through the cooler months. Prune lightly and often. Hard cuts back into old bare wood usually do not reshoot. Available in 5lt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 5L, at $29.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/australian-native-trees-for-shade\"\u003eAustralian native trees\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"5L","offer_id":64308830536049,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/GSP0A7U5vm28IWJmbTCeq_luxtfm8y.jpg?v=1787627947"},{"product_id":"emu-bush-eremophila-crazy-mac","title":"Emu Bush - Eremophila Crazy Mac","description":"\u003cp\u003ePlenty of gardeners kill their first emu bush with kindness. Eremophilas come from arid and semi arid Australia, and Crazy Mac is grown for the qualities the group is known for: evergreen foliage with a grey or olive cast that stays presentable through summer, and tubular flowers held along the stems that honeyeaters raid.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrainage decides the outcome. In heavy clay, or in a bed that stays damp under summer irrigation, the roots rot and the plant browns off from the inside with no warning. Plant it high on a mound or a slope, use gravel or coarse mulch rather than a thick organic layer packed against the stems, and keep sprinklers off the foliage. Humid summer rainfall gardens along the coast are the hardest test. Many eremophilas in the trade are grafted onto Myoporum rootstock to help with wet and heavier soils, so check whether yours is grafted and, if it is, rub off anything shooting from below the union.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA light trim after the main flush keeps it compact. Never cut back into bare old wood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 130mm, at $16.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/australian-native-trees-for-shade\"\u003eAustralian native trees\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"130mm","offer_id":64311490052465,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/M-E708YE1LTiFH_1rZZz9_gTu2AYCy.jpg?v=1787629933"},{"product_id":"emu-bush-eremophila-blue-horizon-pbr","title":"Emu Bush - Eremophila Blue Horizon PBR","description":"\u003cp\u003eGrey is the point here. Blue Horizon carries soft, dense, silver-grey foliage that sits well against dark green natives and against rendered or rammed earth walls, and the tubular flowers through the cooler half of the year fall in the mauve to violet range that gives the plant its name. Honeyeaters work them steadily, since the tube shape suits their bills exactly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEremophila\u003c\/em\u003e comes from the dry inland, and that is really the whole story with growing them. They want full sun, sharp drainage and moving air, and they resent humidity, mulch heaped against the stem and overhead watering in summer. On the east coast many are sold grafted onto \u003cem\u003eMyoporum\u003c\/em\u003e rootstock so they can cope with heavier soils, so check the base of the plant and rub off any shoots that appear below the graft union.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrune lightly and often to keep the bush filled out. Hard cuts back into bare grey wood are unreliable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 130mm, at $16.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/australian-native-trees-for-shade\"\u003eAustralian native trees\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"130mm","offer_id":64311501128049,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/WyDhwAN_u3vffBm-63dkV_TIzkLazd.jpg?v=1787630238"},{"product_id":"emu-bush-eremophila-magic-blush-tm","title":"Emu Bush - Eremophila Magic Blush TM","description":"\u003cp\u003eMost emu bushes are bought on flower colour alone, and Magic Blush does deliver there, with soft blush pink tubular flowers held along the stems and set against the pale grey-green foliage typical of the garden eremophilas. Flowering spreads through the cooler months and into spring rather than arriving in one short burst.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe genus comes from the dry inland, and that dictates how you treat it. Full sun, gritty free-draining soil and air movement are non-negotiable; humidity, overhead watering and heavy mulch banked against the stems are what actually kill these plants in eastern gardens. Many garden eremophilas are grafted onto Myoporum rootstock for exactly that reason, so keep the graft union above soil level and rub off any suckers that appear from below it. Feed sparingly with a low phosphorus native mix, prune lightly after flowering to stop it going woody and bare at the base, and expect nectar feeding birds rather than bees as the main visitors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 130mm, at $16.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/australian-native-trees-for-shade\"\u003eAustralian native trees\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"130mm","offer_id":64311509975409,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/GCedREfqnsBnmz47ZGvhp_D0XAcbzS.jpg?v=1787630239"},{"product_id":"emu-bush-eremophila-amber-carpet","title":"Emu Bush - Eremophila Amber carpet","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnlike the upright emu bushes sold for shrubbery work, this is a spreading, ground hugging plant in the mould of the prostrate Eremophila glabra selections that have become standard in low water landscapes. Expect a low mat of small greyish leaves running sideways over the soil, studded with tubular amber to orange flowers that honeyeaters work over through the warmer months and often beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt earns its keep where mowing is awkward: spilling over a retaining wall, running along a hot driveway edge, filling a median strip, or covering a north facing bank that bakes all afternoon. Give it full sun and drainage it cannot drown in. The failure mode is predictable, a wet winter in heavy clay or dense mulch piled over the stems, followed by collapse from the centre outward. Trim the outer growth with shears if it creeps onto paving, but avoid cutting hard into bare old wood, which is slow and reluctant to reshoot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 130mm, at $16.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/australian-native-trees-for-shade\"\u003eAustralian native trees\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"130mm","offer_id":64311510172017,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/tBCdiTrlrO-a4IIhRtF7R_zlCI6yar.jpg?v=1787630239"},{"product_id":"emu-bush-eremophila-silver-flame-pbr","title":"Emu Bush - Eremophila Silver Flame PBR","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhere a Mediterranean planting would reach for lavender or santolina to get silver into a scheme, a dry Australian garden can use this instead. Silver Flame is grown as much for its densely felted, near white foliage as for the tubular flowers in hot reds and oranges that sit against it, and that contrast is what makes it useful in design rather than just another native shrub.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe silver coating is a working structure, not only a colour. It is a layer of fine hairs that reflects light and cuts water loss, which is why overhead sprinklers are the fastest way to ruin the plant. Water at the base, keep it out of lawn irrigation zones, and give it full sun with real drainage. It suits gravel gardens, hot verges, raised beds and large pots where you control the mix.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShape it with light trims after each flush rather than one hard cut, and pull mulch back clear of the stems. Flat rate $99 delivery to QLD, NSW, VIC, SA, ACT and WA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 130mm, at $16.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/australian-native-trees-for-shade\"\u003eAustralian native trees\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"130mm","offer_id":64311510630769,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/x90C7oubmEQKAy2NsFzO6_yY8wdVoh.jpg?v=1787630239"}],"url":"https:\/\/plantdrop.com.au\/collections\/emu-bush.oembed","provider":"Plant Drop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}