Excellent wind break. Velvety white flowers are in small, branched heads in the axils of the leaves and at the ends of the branches. Flowers in autumn, winter and early spring, when the bushes give off a strong fragrance.

Phylica buxifolia is endemic to the area from the Cape Peninsula (Table Mountain) to Caledon, and grows on the lower mountain slopes, often near the sea and in rocky places .Most species are endemic to the south-western parts of the Cape Province, where many are restricted to small areas