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Verticordia plumosa 'Pink Lace' (Plumed Featherflower) - An evergreen dwarf rounded shrub to 18 to 24 inches tall with attractive bluish soft needle-like foliage. In late winter and spring in in profusion appear the lightly honey fragranced small lavender-pink cuplike flowers with delicately fringed sepals that are held in tight clusters.
Plant in a sunny location with good drainage and minimal fertilizer. It is drought tolerant and cold hardy to the mid 20's F°. A very attractive plant for a sunny well drained soil.
Verticordia plumosa endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. The name for the genus comes from the Latin words 'verto' meaning "to turn" and 'cor' meaning heart, literally translated to means "turner of hearts" and presumed to be the effect on the Swiss botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, who named the genus. The specific epithet is from the Latin word 'pluma' meaning "feather" in reference to the feathery sepals.
Verticordia plumosa 'Pink Lace' was a 2003 University of California Santa Cruz Arboretum Koala Blooms Australian Plant Introduction. We grew it from 2003 until 2008.
The information displayed on this page about Verticordia plumosa 'Pink Lace' 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.
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