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Products > Anigozanthos 'Bush Devil'
 
Anigozanthos 'Bush Devil' - Red Kangaroo Paw

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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. 'Bush Ranger tetraploid hybrid)
Height: 3-4 feet
Width: 1-2 feet
Exposure: Full Sun
Irrigation (H2O Info): Medium Water Needs
Winter Hardiness: 20-25° F
Anigozanthos 'Bush Devil' (Red Kangaroo Paw) - An evergreen perennial with branched flower stalks reaching to 3-4 feet tall with stems and red flowers covered with reddish hairs from spring-fall.

Plant in full sun and water occasionally to regularly spring through fall. Hardy to about 25-30 degrees F.

The genus was first named by the French botanist Jacques Labillardière 1800 when he collected and described the type species, Anigozanthos rufus, which he had collected during the d'Entrecasteaux expedition to Southwest Australia in 1792 though he did not provide a meaning for this name in his description. Several botanical texts list it as a combination of the Greek words 'anoigo' meaning "to expand" and 'anthos' meaning a "flower" which would be in reference to the the flower being split but others speculated it to be the combination of the Greek words 'anisos' meaning "unequal" and 'anthos' meaning a "flower" in reference to the irregular corolla.

Anigozanthos 'Bush Devil' is a cultivar that resulted from a genetic mutation of the Anigozanthos 'Bush Ranger' which is a hybrid between Anigozanthos humilis and Anigozanthos flavidus. It is a tetraploid hybrid much like 'Bush Ranger' with bright red flowers but differing in being more vigorous and slightly taller. We grew this cultivar from 2005 until 2011. 

The information displayed on this page about Anigozanthos 'Bush Devil' 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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