Found in heathlands, this native flowering bush regenerates after fire.
The Wedding Bush is a small shrub that produces masses of delicately scented flowers from September to mid November. The only one of Australia’s fifteen native Ricinocarpus species found in Victoria, the Wedding Bush has narrow leaves 40mm long and grows up to three metres tall with a spread of two metres. The plant produces many more male flowers than female, offering a superb extended floral display. The flowers have 4-6 pure white petals, which are rosy pink-tipped. Male flowers have a rich yellow centre of many stamens while females have a pale green ‘ball’ in the centre (the ovary).