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Scientific Name
Hovea tasmanica
Family Name
FABACEAE (LEGUMINOSAE)
Common Name
Hill Hovea
Status
Height
2.0m (200cm)
Flowers
Conspicuous bluish purple, pea-shaped with white at base, .8 cm across, on axillary stalks to 5 cm.
Fruit
Seed pods
Form
Small to medium shrub with densely hairy branchlets, ascending to erect.
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Habitat Notes
Grows in sandy soils amongst rocky outcrops.
Site Tolerance
Dry; Exposed; Rocky; Shady
Frost Tolerance
Hardy
Soil Tolerance
Loam; Phosphorous intolerant; Sandy; Well-drained
General Notes
Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
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Seed Collecting Months
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Sowing Months
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Cutting Months
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Seed Information
Seed Collection
Pods turn from green to black at maturity ,seeds turn from cream to dark grey when ripe. seed drops soon after maturity, so bag fruits or place ground- sheets under plants to catch seed, or harvest pods when they turn brown and dry in warm area
Seed Treatment Method
Hot water
Seed Storage Life
long
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
Nicking seed provides best results. Boiling water may also be used but is more damaging than hot water. Dry seed before sowing - seed prone to rotting.
Germination Time
Suitable for Direct Seeding
Cuttings
Expected Time to Take Root
Expected Time to Plant Out
Propagation by Division
N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.
No
Cutting Notes
Cuttings strike readily, but may be slowto establish.
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