Syzygium 'Cascade' - Cascading Lilly Pilly

Syzygium australe 'Cascade' - a beautiful cascading Lilly Pilly variety that brings soft, flowing elegance to garden screening and hedging. Unlike rigid formal hedges, the Cascade features a naturally relaxed, weeping growth habit with beautiful green and pink foliage and stunning pink pom-pom clustered flowers, offering a more informal look with less maintenance.

** PLEASE NOTE these are only usually available in NSW & QLD 

Growth size: 2-3m h x 2m w

Spacing: Plant these every 80cm apart for a faster forming hedge or further apart for a slower forming hedge.

Positioning: Full sun to part shade.

Temperament: Light frost tolerant.

Perfect for: Screening and hedging, feature plant, contrasting.

Growth Rate: Fast

In summer, delicate pink pom-pom clustered flowers appear, providing ornamental beauty and attracting native birds and wildlife.

Edible pink fruit follows the flowers, extending the season of visual interest and offering additional food sources for wildlife.

The naturally cascading, weeping growth habit creates a graceful, flowing appearance that's distinctly different from upright, rigid hedging varieties with less to no maintenance.

It's also psyllid resistant.

Size & Growth:
Growth size is around 2-3m tall by 2m wide.

For optimal hedge formation, space plants approximately 80cm apart for faster screen establishment, or further apart for a slower forming hedge or screen. 

Perfect Uses:
> Informal relaxed screening and hedging

> Feature individual plantings

> Native gardens

> Wildlife supporting landscapes

> Softer garden boundaries

Growing Requirements:
Prefers full sun to part shade positioning.

Light frost tolerant, adapting well to most Australian climates.

Once established, low-maintenance and drought-tolerant.

Responds well to light pruning if desired, though its natural cascading form often needs minimal intervention to look beautiful.

Why Choose Cascade?
The unique cascading growth habit, graceful weeping form, soft green and pink foliage, pink pom-pom flower appeal, edible fruit benefit, psyllid resistance, lower maintenance requirements, and distinctive informal aesthetic make the Cascade the perfect choice for gardeners and landscapers seeking a softer, more elegant alternative to rigid formal hedging.

Height approximates in Pots for this variety:

These can be a little shorter than other Lilly Pilly variety's due to their more relaxed and weeping nature 

200mm - 40-60cm tall

300mm - 80cm-1m tall

400mm - 1-1.4m tall

75L - 1.4-1.6m tall

100L - 1.8+ tall

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