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Products > Anigozanthos 'Bush Ranger'
 
Anigozanthos 'Bush Ranger' - Dwarf Kangaroo Paw

Note: This plant is no longer in stock. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.  
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Habit and Cultural Information
Category: Perennial
Family: Haemodoraceae
Origin: Australia (Australasia)
Evergreen: Yes
Flower Color: Red
Bloomtime: Spring/Fall
Parentage: (A. humilis x flavidus)
Height: 1-2 feet
Width: 1-2 feet
Exposure: Full Sun
Irrigation (H2O Info): Medium Water Needs
Winter Hardiness: 25-30° F
Anigozanthos 'Bush Ranger' (Dwarf Kangaroo Paw) - An evergreen perennial with fans of narrow strap shaped leaves to 18 inches tall. From spring through fall it produces red flowers covered with red hairs on branched 2 foot tall stalks from spring through fall.

Plant in full sun and water occasionally to regularly spring through fall. Hardy to about 25-30 degrees F. This was one of the first of the dwarf Kangaroo paws that had good garden tolerance and is great the rock garden or in containers and is attractive to hummingbirds.

Anigozanthos 'Bush Ranger' was a Mervyn L. Turner Bush Gems hybrid that was the result of crossing Anigozanthos humilis with Anigozanthos flavidus. It received US Plant Patent PP6,478 in 1988, which has since expired. 

Information displayed on this page about Anigozanthos 'Bush Ranger' is based on our research conducted about this plant in our nursery library as well as from information provided by reliable online resources. We also include our own observations made about it as it has grown in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers in our nursery field. We will 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.

 
San Marcos Growers closed for regular business at the end of 2025 as the property is being developed for affordable housing.
While our gates remain closed, we will open them by appointment so we can liquidate remaining plants, supplies and equipment. The plants remaining in the field are listed on our Live Inventory Page.
 
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