Plant in full coastal sun to dappled shade inland in medium to well-drained soils and irrigate occasionally. It is profusely flowering and attractive to nectar feeding birds.

Yellow Jugflower occurs in a very restricted area in damp sandy flats at the southern tip of Western Australia where ist it is regarded as being at risk in the wild. The name Adenanthos comes from the Greek 'aden' meaning "a gland" and 'anthos' meaning "a flower" and is in reference to the flowers' prominent nectaries. This species was described by Baron von Mueller, a German born Australian government botanist and Director of the Melbourne Botanical Gardens who named this plant after his good friend William Detmold.

Adenanthos detmoldii 'Metallica' was a 2006 University of California Santa Cruz Arboretum Koala Blooms Australian plant introduction that we grew from 2006 until 2009. While a very interesting plant, it was not outstandingly attractive so did not sell that well and also did not persist long in garden plantings. See our Koala Blooms Page for a list of all of the introductions from the UCSC Arboretum. 

This information about Adenanthos detmoldii 'Metallica' displayed is based on research conducted in our horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We also will relate observations made about it as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments that we receive from others and we welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they can share any cultural information that would aid others in growing it.