Lotus ‘Red Flash’

Common Name:
Lotus ‘Red Flash’ (commonly known as Parrot’s Beak)

Description:
Lotus ‘Red Flash’ is a striking ornamental groundcover and trailing plant celebrated for its delicate, soft grey-green, fern-like foliage and abundant vivid red to orange-red, beak-shaped flowers that resemble a parrot’s beak. This low-growing perennial creeper forms a dense mat or cascades beautifully over retaining walls, rockeries, hanging baskets, pots, and mixed borders, adding dynamic colour and texture to garden spaces. Thriving in well-drained soil with plenty of sunlight, it is relatively low maintenance once established and can tolerate heat, drought and coastal exposure, making it well suited to Melbourne’s temperate conditions when given some shelter from frost. Lotus ‘Red Flash’ blooms prolifically during spring and summer, attracting attention with its vibrant flowers and trailing habit that softens and enhances garden edges and containers.

Form:
Ground Cover
Trailing / Cascading Plant

Mature Size:
Height: ~15–25 cm
Width: ~30–60 cm (spreading/trailing)

Aspect:
Full Sun
Part Shade

Flowering:
Flowers in Spring
Flowers in Summer

Flower Colour:
Red
Orange-Red

Key Attributes:
Suitable for Pots
Drought Tolerant (once established)
Heat Tolerant
Coastal Tolerant
Attracts Pollinators
Low Maintenance
Excellent for Hanging Baskets, Rockeries and Edging

Toxicity:
No widely reported toxicity to humans or animals; ingestion is not recommended.

Companion Plants:
Trailing lobelia
Bacopa
Silver dichondra
Calibrachoa
Verbena
Ornamental grasses

Plant Growers Australia (PGA) is an innovative wholesale production nursery based in Melbourne, renowned for superior quality garden plants and pioneering breeding programs.
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