Hymenosporum flavum

Botanical Name: Hymenosporum flavum

Author: (Hook.)

Common Name: Native Frangipani

Family: Pittosporaceae

Location

This species occurs from north-east Queensland to near the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, in rainforest or temperate forest. At Mount Annan you can see it planted around our Playground next to Melaleuca House Cafe.

It is a tall shrub or small to medium tree with attractive glossy, green foliage. The sweetly scented flowers are a buttery cream colour which age to golden yellow.

Popular in cultivation it is generally fast growing and adapts well to most soil types. It performs best in moisture retentive, humus rich soils and appreciates supplementary watering during extended dry periods. Young plants are frost tender but as they mature they can tolerate moderately heavy frosts. Plants flower much better in a full sun position but they can tolerate some shade.