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Sweet Pea Bush

Polygala myrtifolia · Polygalaceae

A fast, hardy shrub almost permanently dotted with purple-pink pea-shaped flowers brushed with a fringed keel. Excellent in dry coastal gardens, though it can self-seed and naturalise.

At a glance

  • Habit
    Shrub
  • Light
    Full Sun
  • Water
    Drought-Tolerant
  • Soil
    Well-Drained, Sandy Soil, Poor / Infertile Soil
  • Climate
    Warm Temperate, Mediterranean, Subtropical
  • Frost
    Frost-Hardy
  • Mature size
    2 m H × 1.5 m W
  • Foliage
    Evergreen
  • Flowering
    Spring Flowering, Summer Flowering, Long-Flowering
  • Growth rate
    Fast-Growing
  • Maintenance
    Low Maintenance

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