Adenanthos 'Woolly Bush': Soft-Textured Australian Shrub, Silvery-Green Foliage, Low-Water and Coastal Hardy

🐑 Adenanthos 'Woolly Bush': A Touch of Softness and Texture The Adenanthos sericeus (commonly sold as Adenanthos 'Woolly Bush') is a superb Australian native shrub, highly popular for its unique, velvety-soft foliage and excellent performance as a screen or specimen plant.2 Belonging to the Proteaceae family, this evergreen shrub is native to Western Australia and is best known for its dense covering of fine, needle-like leaves that are coated in tiny hairs, giving the plant a distinctive silvery-gray color and an irresistible, woolly texture.3 The Woolly Bush is not only a textural masterpiece but also an extremely resilient, low-maintenance shrub.4 It thrives in poor, sandy soils and is highly valued for its exceptional salt and wind tolerance, making it an outstanding choice for coastal gardens. Though the flowers are small and inconspicuous—tiny reddish-pink tubes hidden among the leaves—they are a source of nectar, particularly attractive to native birds.5 This plant is a fantasti