| Description | Kangaroo Paws ABC's (Anigozanthos) A tender perennial from Australia that can be grown as an annual. Is being grown as a cut flower and ornament plant for gardens, landscape and as a poted plant. |
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| Pronunciation | (an-ih-go-ZAN-thos) |
| Plant Type | Perennial Tender, Tropical herbaceous plants |
| Hardiness Zone | 9b-11 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average tolerates dryness, xerophyte, species plants survive extreme dry spells |
| Soil & Site | well-drained many found growing in sand and sandy loams |
| Flowers | tubular split lengthwise, tip divided into 6 lobed claws, fuzzy, on a branched flower stalk colors: almost black, yellow, orange, and red |
| Leaves | basal rosette of long green to greyish-green leaves may fold at mid-rib |
| Stems | rhizomatous |
| Dimensions | 1-3 by 1-2 feet |
| Maintenance | deadheading, need to be cleaned out, |
| Propagation | seeds, division |
| Native Site | southwest corner of Western Australia |
| Cultivar Origin | The genus was first named by a French Botanist Jacques Labillardière in circa 1800. |
| Author's Notes | I have seen a few varieties of this plant at different Botanical Gardens. The fuzzy bright colored flowers are always" floral show stoppers". |
| Notes & Reference | #156-San Marcos Growers web site (www.smgrowers.com), Sunnyvale Garden (https://www.sunnyvalegarden.com/flowers/kangaroo-paw/) a very informative article on Kangaroo Paws |
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