Waterhousea floribunda - Weeping Lilly Pilly

Waterhousea floribunda

Waterhousea floribunda is a stunning tall-growing Australian Native Lilly Pilly renowned for its graceful weeping foliage and exceptional ornamental appeal.

This elegant rainforest native brings sophisticated beauty and tall screening solutions to Australian gardens, creating a distinctive visual presence with its cascading dark green glossy foliage with pink flushing new growth.

Growth Size: 10h x 8m w

Spacing: Plant these every 1m apart for a faster forming screen or further apart for a slower forming screen or more informal look.

Temperament: Moderately drought tolerant, light frost tolerant.

Positioning: Full sun to part shade.

Perfect for: Specimen tree, tall screening, hedging, street tree

Growth Rate: Fast

Caution: Not psyllid resistant 

Key Features

The Waterhousea floribunda is celebrated for its graceful weeping habit - delicate weeping cascading foliage creates a soft, flowing silhouette that adds elegance and movement to any landscape.

The dark green glossy leaves create a lush, dense canopy, and new growth is beautiful shades of pink.

Delicate white flowers appear in summer together with pink berries.  

If you have the room these can be kept in their natural form without the need of hedging, making them low maintenance. 

Tall Growing Ability

This variety is a taller growing Lilly Pilly tree, reaching impressive heights of 10-15 metres at full maturity, though it can be easily maintained at 4-5 metres through strategic pruning if desired. 

Space plants approximately 1 metre apart for faster screen formation, or further apart for a slower, more informal appearance.

Growing Requirements

Prefers full sun to part shade positioning.

Native to Australian rainforests, it appreciates consistent moisture during establishment. Once mature in suitable climates, it's relatively low-maintenance and is moderately drought tolerant and light frost/cold tolerant.

Climate Suitability

Best suited to coastal areas, temperate regions, and areas with adequate rainfall.

Not recommended for arid, drought-prone, or frost-prone areas.

Perfect Uses

> Tall screening and privacy solutions

> Specimen tree plantings

> Street tree 

> Hedging in formal settings

> Informal settings by keeping the trees in their natural form

> Pleaching or clear-trunking to create room for underplanting

> Native rainforest gardens 

Why Choose Waterhousea?

> Tall-growing capability

> Fast growing

> Graceful weeping form

> Seasonal colour interest

> Australian Native rainforest heritage

> Low maintenance 

> Bird attracting