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Products > Brachysema praemorsum 'Bronze Butterfly'   Brachysema praemorsum 'Bronze Butterfly' - Bronze Butterfly   [2nd Image] Habit and Cultural Information Category: Shrub Family: Fabaceae = Pea Family Origin: Australia (Australasia) Evergreen: Yes Flower Color: Red Bloomtime: Spring/Summer Height: 1-2 feet Width: Spreading Exposure: Cool Sun/Light Shade Irrigation Req.: Medium Water Needs Winter Hardiness: 20-25° F Brachysema praemorsum 'Bronze Butterfly' (Bronze Butterfly) - A creeping shrub that grows 1 to 2 feet tall with chartreuse margined triangular shaped dark bronze (nearly black) foliage. Flowers, borne in opposite pairs from spring through summer emerge a pale orange-red and deepen with age to very dark red. Plant in well drained soil in shade or in full sun along the coast. Appreciates water during dry periods. Frost hardy to mid 20°s F. An unusual and interesting plant. Useful as a groundcover or in a large pot. Attracts birds. The specific epithet "praemorsa", meaning bitten off is in reference to the shape of the leaf tip. This Plant is a 2002 Fall release from the UCSC Koala Blooms Introduction Program and will become available from San Marcos Growers, Rosendale Nursery, Suncrest Nursery and Monterey Bay Nursery.  The description above is based on our research and observations of this plant growing in our nursery and in our own and other Santa Barbara gardens. We would appreciate hearing from anyone who has additional information or disagrees with what we have written.     [MORE INFO]