Leucophyta brownie - Cushion Bush | Native Seedling

Leucophyta brownii – Cushion Bush

Description:
A distinctive Australian native coastal shrub prized for its compact, rounded form and striking silver-grey foliage. Commonly known as Cushion Bush, Leucophyta brownii forms dense, cushion-like mounds of fine, branching stems that create excellent texture and contrast in the landscape. Small cream to yellowish flower heads appear among the foliage, attracting bees and other beneficial insects. Exceptionally hardy and well adapted to exposed coastal conditions, it is an excellent choice for coastal gardens, rockeries, borders, mass planting, and low-maintenance landscapes.

🌳 Height:
0.5–1 m

🌿 Width:
0.5–1.5 m spread

🔧 Uses:

• Coastal groundcover and mass planting

• Feature and specimen planting

• Rockeries and garden borders

• Wildlife and pollinator habitat

• Coastal landscaping

• Wind-exposed and low-maintenance gardens

• Erosion control and soil stabilisation

🌱 Ideal growing conditions:

• Well-drained sandy or gravelly soils

• Full sun

• Low to moderate fertility

• Excellent drainage is essential

💪 Tolerates:

• Poor and nutrient-poor soils

• Drought

• Strong wind

• Coastal exposure

• Salt spray

• Sandy soils

• Heat

• Light to moderate frost

💧 Drought hardy:
Very high — highly drought tolerant once established and well suited to dry, exposed conditions

❄️ Frost tolerant:
Moderate — tolerates light to moderate frost once established

🧂 Salt tolerant:
Very high — exceptionally well suited to coastal environments and exposure to salt spray