This shrub to small tree has grey-brown bark and upright spreading branches that form a bushy habit. It has spoon-shaped dark green leaves and the red to yellow tube-shaped flowers appear in clusters from autumn to winter.

Hardiness zones 8 to 10

Lambertia inermisis naturally found in south-west Western Australia growing along the coast and slightly inland. It prefers a well drained moderately fertile sandy-gravelly soils in an open sunny position and is drought tolerant but frost tender.

Chittick is grown for its bushy habit and its flowers. It is planted in shrub borders for screening or trimmed to form a hedge. It is suitable for coastal or inland positions establishing in 3 to 5 years. It is also used on embankments and in large rockeries as a specimen. ID 2405

Lambertia (lam-BER-tee-ah)inermis(in-ER-mis)

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