Coleonema pulchellum Aurea or the Golden Diosma is a hardy and popular low garden shrub that has bushy, heath-type golden aromatic foliage and profuse, pretty, pink star-shaped flowers in winter and spring.
It makes a good contrast to darker greens - like Juniperus conferta and makes an excellent backdrop for borders, providing colour and shape. All in all, a very useful plant that can be a filler or feature.
It will attract bees, butterflies and other beneficial insects to your garden and exude a gentle scent that attracts humans too.
Soil: Light but moist, well drained soil.
Maintenance: Trim back to promote new growth and compactness - particularly after flowering.
Can be propagated from seed but is best from cuttings as the new plant will bear flowers much quicker.