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Hopbush seeds (Dodonaea viscosa)

LATIN NAME: Dodonaea viscosa

COMMON NAME: Hopbush

Plant Profile

Dodonaea viscosa, commonly known as Hopbush, is a shrub in the soapberry family. LATIN NAME: Dodonaea viscosa COMMON NAME: Hopbush hopbush is a fine, glossy shrub of dry banks, and small, greenish flowers open in fine clusters among sticky leaves. Shrub is a fine, generous presence of coastal and dry garden, and it is a shrub of open, sunny, sharp-draining ground. Together these qualities explain its long-standing appeal to gardeners.

Science & Biotechnology

Like other members of the soapberry family, Dodonaea viscosa draws steady attention from botanists and plant breeders, who value the genus both as a subject of research and as a source of garden-worthy material. Its behaviour in gardens is well recorded, thanks to a long history in cultivation.

Uses & Benefits

Beyond its ornamental appeal, Hopbush has the practical versatility that makes a plant worth growing from seed year after year. Hopbush is a fine, generous shrub of dry bank and coastal garden. Give young shrub open, sunny spot and sharp-draining soil, and it will take dry season in the stride. Getting it going is easy; keeping it going is easier still.

Hop bush is a tough, colorful drought shrub; Aboriginal Australians used its resinous leaves in traditional poultices.

Growing from Seed

Starting Hopbush from seed is simple and satisfying. Use a fine, free-draining seed compost, scatter the seed evenly, cover it lightly and hold it just moist in good light. When the young plants are big enough to handle, space them into pots or a nursery row and let them size up before their final move.

Our Take

Hopbush earns its space through character rather than fuss. Attention to moisture in the first weeks pays off; later, the plant is forgiving.

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