Bursaria spinosa - Sweet Bursaria Tubestock | Native Tree Seedling

Bursaria spinosa – Sweet Bursaria

Description:
A hardy Australian native shrub or small tree with dense, glossy green foliage and masses of small, highly fragrant white flowers that appear through summer. Commonly known as Sweet Bursaria, Bursaria spinosa is an excellent habitat plant, with its abundant flowers attracting bees, butterflies, moths, and other beneficial insects. The dense growth also provides valuable shelter and nesting habitat for native birds. Adaptable and long-lived, it is well suited to screening, hedging, wildlife gardens, revegetation, and native landscapes.

🌳 Height:
2–8 m

🌿 Width:
2–5 m spread

🔧 Uses:

• Pollinator and beneficial insect habitat

• Wildlife and bird habitat

• Screening and hedging

• Native and woodland gardens

• Revegetation and habitat restoration

• Windbreaks and shelter planting

• Erosion control and soil stabilisation

🌱 Ideal growing conditions:

• Well-drained sandy, loamy, or clay soils

• Full sun to part shade

• Performs well in fertile soils with reliable moisture

• Adaptable to a range of Australian conditions

💪 Tolerates:

• Poor soils

• Wind

• Dry conditions once established

• Part shade

• Frost

• Clay soils

• Urban conditions

💧 Drought hardy:
Moderate to high — reasonably drought tolerant once established, although it performs best with reliable moisture

❄️ Frost tolerant:
High — tolerates frost well once established

🧂 Salt tolerant:
Low to moderate — can tolerate some exposure but is generally better suited to inland and woodland environmen