This small deciduous shrub is multi-stemmed with wiry arching branches to ground level that form a compact rounded habit. It has dull green narrow lance-shaped leaves and the bright yellow wheel-shaped flowers appear singularly in late summer.

Hardiness zones 7 to 11

Heimia myrtifolia is naturally found in South America from Brazil to Uruguay growing along woodland margins commonly associated with streams on the coast and in the lower mountains.

It prefers an open sunny to semi-shaded position and grows in well-drained, moderately fertile light sandy to heavy clay soils and is pH adaptable. It is frost and mildly drought tolerant and is grown successfully in the UK.

Shrubby Yellowcrest is grown for its dense bushy habit and its yellow flowers. It is planted along low shrub borders in small or herbal gardens or used as a specimen in parks and woodland settings. It is also grown in pots or planter boxes and may be trimmed to form a low hedge. 

It is suitable coastal and a low mountain regions and establishes in 3-4 years and is moderately long lived. The leaves are used in herbal remedies and it is commonly planted against a sunny wall in cooler regions. ID 2699

Heimia (HEIM-ee-uh)  myrtifolia (mir-tih-FOH-lee-uh)

Lythraceae (ly-THRAY-see-ee)
Loosestrife, Pomegranate, Water Chestnut, Crepe Myrtle, Mangrove Apple