This shrub has an upright open branching habit that tends to be straggly. The elliptical dark glossy green leaves are toothed and the cup-shaped white-pink flowers appear in sprays from spring to summer.

Hardiness zones 8 to 9

Anopterus glandulosusis naturally found in Australia as an understorey plant in the Tasmanian rainforests. It prefers a organic rich well-drained moist soil in a semi-shaded to shaded protected position and is frost and drought tender.

The Tasmanian Laurel shrub to small tree is grown for its colourful flowers glossy leaves and its shade tolerance. It is used as an understorey plant or in shrub borders and or against a fence or wall as a specimen. It establishes in 3 to 5 years and is one of the more cultivated Tasmanian Rainforest plants. ID 1040

Anopterus (an-op-ter-us)glandulosus(glan-doo-LOW-sus)

Escalloniaceae (es-kaa-LON-ee-AY-se-ee)