This upright shrub has ascending woody stems with greenish branchlets that form an open rounded habit. The bright green divided leaves are cylindrical and the small yellow flowers appear in a cone-like flower head during summer.

Hardiness zones 9 to 10

Petrophile pulchellais naturally found in Australia growing in New South Wales on the lower Blue Mountains to the coast and extending south to Jervis Bay appearing in eucalypt forests and in heathlands.

It prefers a well drained moderately fertile sandy soil in an open sunny to semi shaded position and is frost and drought tolerant.

Conestick is grown for its foliage and its flowers. It is planted in gardens or bushland settings. It is also used in rockeries and is suitable for coastal regions. It establishes in 3 to 4 years and is planted along gullies or used as a eucalypt understorey. ID 2712

Petrophile(pet-ro-FIL-ee) pulchella(pul-SHEL-lah)

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