Height: 1-2 metres

Spread: 2 metres

Medium shrub, with leaves dark green above and whitish beneath. Flowers from April-July. Spikes are cylindrical to 20cm, and orange in colour.

Will grow from tropical to highlands temperature zone. Requires full sun. Resistant to salt winds, saline soils and pollution; moderately resistant to drought and frost. Wind tolerance- can be placed in the front line of a windbreak.