This shrub has multiple branched stems that form a bushy rounded habit. It has narrow-oblong dark green leathery leaves and the pinkish red tube-shape flowers appear in a terminal cluster from late spring to summer.

Hardiness zones 8 to 10 

Telopea mongaensis is naturally found in Australia growing in south-west New South Wales on the margins of temperate rainforests or in wet sclerophyll forests and commonly associated with water courses in the mountains to an altitude of 760 m (2,200ft). 

It grows in a well drained moderately fertile sandy soil that is tending acidic in an open sunny to a heavy shaded position and is frost and drought tolerant. 

Monga Waratah is grown for its flowers and a bushy habit. It is planted in parks and gardens as a specimen or used along shady borders for screening. It is suitable for low mountain regions and establishes in 3-5 years and the flowers are used in floral arrangements. ID 2250

Telopea (tay-LŌ-pee-a) mongaensis (MON-gah-EN-sis)

Proteaceae (pro-tee-AY-see-ee)
Protea Family