This shrub has an upright rounded habit with woody stems that form a bushy habit. It has broad lanced-shaped dull green leaves and the 2-lipped purplish white tube-shaped flowers appear during spring.

Hardiness zones 8 to 10

Eremophila racemosais naturally found in south-western Western Australia growing in arid conditions in well-drained red sandy soils. It prefers a open sunny position and is drought tolerant but heavy-frost tender.

Poverty Bush is a drought resistant shrub that is grown for its rounded habit and flowers. It is planted in parks and gardens as a specimen or used as a informal hedge establishing in 1 to 2 years. This species is not commonly cultivated and may be difficult to obtain but is growing in Adelaide Botanic Gardens.ID 1464

Eremophila(er-em-oh-FY-luh) racemosa (ray-see-MO-suh)

Scrophulariaceae (skrof-yoo-larr-ee-AY-see-ee)
Figwort and Foxglove Family