The colour and form of kangaroo paws make them one of the most rewarding Australian native plants for the home garden.
Kangaroo paws are also very good cut flowers.
They are exported to many parts of the globe and are grown commercially in the USA, Israel and Japan. Kangaroo paws belong to the genus Anigozanthos , which has 11 species. The closely related Black Kangaroo Paw is called Macropidia fulginosa . Anigozanthos and Macropidia occur naturally only in the southwest of Western Australia. They occur in a variety of habitats and soil types.