Kangaroo Paw
Anigozanthos
A striking Australian perennial with fuzzy, claw-shaped flowers held high above strappy leaves from spring through fall, showy and long-lasting. It wants full sun, sharp drainage and mild winters, or a pot to bring indoors. Each fan flowers only once, so cut spent fans out at the end of the season.
- Mature size
- 4 × 2.5 ft
- 1.2 × 0.8 m, tall × wide
- Hardiness
- Zones 9a–11b
- USDA
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
- Blooms
- Apr–Sep
Kangaroo Paw at its mature size
A mature Kangaroo Paw grows to about 4 ft tall and 2.5 ft wide.
Drawn to scale beside a 5 ft 9 in person. With VeraScape, you see it at this size in your own yard.
Typical mature size, unpruned. Sources: San Marcos Growers, NC State Extension.
Through the year
What Kangaroo Paw looks like month by month in a typical zone 6–7 garden.
In leaf · Nov–Mar
Fan of stiff green sword leaves, no flower stalks.
In flower · Apr–Oct
Fuzzy deep red claw-shaped flowers on tall branched stalks.
Growing Kangaroo Paw
- Grows well in
- California.
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Good for
- Deer resistant
- Leaves
- Evergreen
- Native to
- Southwestern Australia
Spacing
VeraScape spaces plants so their grown canopies just touch. For Kangaroo Paw, that’s about 2.5 ft apart, center to center.
Place a row in your own yard and VeraScape spaces them at their mature width, so you can see whether they’ll crowd the walk.
See Kangaroo Paw in your yard before you dig
Visualize it at its true size, alongside the rest of your design.