Plant in sun (along coast) or part shade and water occasionally - it is drought tolerant once established but looks best with regular irrigation. Older plants hardy below 25° F but young plants are more frost tender. Shows promise in first exposure beach plantings and grows well under Eucalyptus trees but is intolerant of overly wet slow draining soils. It can reseed in the garden.

Sollya heterophylla is native to the southwestern corner of Western Australia where it grows in open forests and woodlands. The name Sollya honors Richard Solly a 18-19th century British botanist and the specific epithet is from the latin word 'hetero' meaning "other" or "different" and 'phylla' meanin "leaf" in reference to the plant having differently shaped leaves. Recent treatment has now places it in the genus Billardiera, named for the French botanist Jacques-Julien Houton de Labillardière but we continue to list it as Sollya until such time as this name gets wider general acceptance.

This species received the coveted Royal Horticultural Societies Award of Garden Merit in 1993. We grew this great landscape plant from the early days of the nursery in 1981 up until we closed in 2025. 

The information displayed on this page about Sollya heterophylla is based on our research conducted about this plant from books in our nursery library as well as from information that is provided by reliable online resources. We also have included our own observations made about it as it grew in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers when we had them in our nursery field. We also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.