This shrub has upright slender reddish-bronze branches that form a compact vase-habit and may become broader with age. It has green to reddish oblong leaves and produces reddish bell -shaped flowers in a cluster during spring.

Hardiness zones 9 to 12

Dodonaea viscosa is naturally found in Australia growing along the east coast from Queensland to New South Wales and Victoria  appearing in open forests on the western slopes. 

It prefers a well drained moderately fertile sandy-stony soil in a sunny to semi shaded open position and is salt spray, drought, pollution and frost tolerant. 

The Purple Sticky Hop Bush is grown for its foliage and bushy habit. It is planted along borders for screening in small or native gardens or is used to stabilise soil. It establishes in 2 to 3 years and is moderately long lived. The foliage and fruit are used in floral arrangements and the plant is commonly grown in the new gardens. ID 268

Dodonaea (doh-doh-NEE-uh)  viscosa (vis-KOH-suh)

‘Dodonea’: after 16th century physician Dr Rembert Dodoens; ‘viscosa’: sticky (refers to the leaves); ‘purpurea’: purple (refers to the leaves).

Sapindaceae (sap-in-DAY-see-ee) 
Litchi, Maple, Horse Chestnut and Hop Bush Family