The document describes Boronia megastigma 'Hot Chocolate', an evergreen shrub native to Australia that grows 2-3 feet tall and produces profuse, fragrant, bell-shaped flowers in early spring that are shiny red-brown with yellow-green interiors, making it a showy specimen plant well-suited for USDA plant hardiness zones 8-11.
1. Boronia megastigma
‘Hot Chocolate’
Brown boronia
Profuse early spring flowers perfume the
air; delicate bell shaped flowers are shiny
red brown with vivid yellow-green interior
petals. Selected at Suncrest for good flower
color and exceptional winter hardiness.
Evergreen shrub
Native to Australia
2-3' high
Sun to part sun
Well-drained soil
Moderate watering
Hardy to 15-20 ̊F
Showy specimen shrub.
suncrestnurseries.com
Boronia megastigma
‘Hot Chocolate’
Brown boronia
Profuse early spring flowers perfume the
air; delicate bell shaped flowers are shiny
red brown with vivid yellow-green interior
petals. Selected at Suncrest for good flower
color and exceptional winter hardiness.
Evergreen shrub
Native to Australia
2-3' high
Sun to part sun
Well-drained soil
Moderate watering
Hardy to 15-20 ̊F
Showy specimen shrub.
suncrestnurseries.com