Lomatia fraseri Palm/Cycad Cyclamen-like foliage

Cyclamen-like foliage

Enjoys summer water but tolerates some drought once established

nearly black flowers provide deliciously fragrant inspiration in spring and the shiny

but it is really the unusual rosette we are after

MEXICAN ORANGE

Lomatia fraseri Palm/Cycad Cyclamen-like foliageUpright large shrub to small tree. To up to 25 ft tall and 12 ft wide over time, with long, lance shaped leaves, toothed on the margins. Summer flowers, white and honey scented, are produced in frilly clusters followed by small, winged fruit. Native to mountainous regions of Victoria and New South Wales in Australia, these plants enjoy light shade to full shade with good drainage and plentiful summer water. Avoid fertilizer as with all proteaceous