Plant in a sunny and open position in the garden in well-drained soils. Irrigate regularly and fertilize in spring (not heavily and keep phosphorus on the low side). Fans only flower once and need to be cleaned out after the flowering period so remove the old leaves down to as low as possible at the end of a season. Care should be exercised that the new emerging fans are not damaged. Hardy and evergreen to about 25 degrees F and will resprout after being knocked down by temperatures as low as 20° F. The flowers attract hummingbirds.

The genus was first named by the French botanist Jacques Labillardière 1800 when he collected and described the type species, Anigozanthos rufus, which he had collected during the d'Entrecasteaux expedition to Southwest Australia in 1792 though he did not provide a meaning for this name in his description. Several botanical texts list it as a combination of the Greek words 'anoigo' meaning "to expand" and 'anthos' meaning a "flower" which would be in reference to the flower being split but others speculated it to be the combination of the Greek words 'anisos' meaning "unequal" and 'anthos' meaning a "flower" in reference to the irregular corolla.

Anigozanthos Bush Diamond was the result of a spontaneous mutation of Anigozanthos 'Bush Pearl' on plants produced by micro-propagation (tissue culture). The original Anigozanthos 'Bush Pearl', is a hybrid bred by Angus Stuart that was the result of crossing the catspaw, Anigozanthos humilis, with the durable Anigozanthos flavidus. This sport was discovered by Mr. Stuart in a bed of 'Bush Pearl' in a Australian nursery in Tuggerah, New South Wales, Australia in 2004 and was selected because of the white predominant color of the perianth tube, ovary and pedicels of the flower as opposed to these being pink in the parent plant, 'Bush Pearl. It received US Plant Patent 20,169 on July 7, 2009 with the cultivar name 'Rambodiam'. We received our first plants of this cultivar in January 2009 and it has proven to be an incredibly popular plant because of its unique flower color and as with other kangaroo paws of this size, it was great for use in the border, rock garden or in containers. Unfortunately Anigozanthos Bush Diamond became unavailable from the tissue culture labs in 2014 and so we no longer grow it. 

The information about Anigozanthos Bush Diamond ['Rambodiam'] PP20,169 displayed on this web page is based on our research conducted in the nursery's horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We also include observations made about it as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments we receive from others and welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they can share cultural information that would aid others in growing this plant.