A small to a medium-sized shrub with large soft leaves and unusual peach-brown flowers. This generous bush offers two flowering seasons: late summer to autumn, and winter to spring. Growth is rapid, reaching mature height, 1,5 – 2 m, within 2 years or sooner in hot, wet regions. Leaves are blue-green to grey-green, growing along hairy branchlets to form a neat, bushy, slender shrub that fits into small gardens and narrow areas, and makes a perfect privacy screen. The Sunbird Bush does best in dappled, light, and semi-shade, and well-drained, fertile soils. This is an undemanding shrub and only requires a light trim as winter ends, to encourage branching. Plant in a large container to provide screening on a patio, or use as part of a mixed boundary screen. Flowers attract birds and butterflies.