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| Botanical Name: |
Chamaelaucium uncinatum
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| Sounds like: |
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| Common Name: |
Geraldton Wax Flower
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| Family Name: |
MYRTACEAE
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| Genus: |
Chamaelaucium
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| species |
uncinatum
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| Name Derivation |
G: Gk. chamai - low growing, leucos - white; S: Lat. hooked, referring to the hooked apex of leaves.
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| Dimensions: |
2-4m x 2-4m
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| Flower: |
Waxy white-pink-red-purple, 5 petalled open flowers borne in the upper axils in small terminal clusters 2-4 flowers 2.5cm, in winter-spring.
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| Climate: |
Tolerates light frosts, drought and some alkalinity in soils.
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| Fruit: |
Small woody capsule.
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| Propagation: |
Seed, cuttings.
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| Horticulture Use: |
Good background shrub, fine textured and long flowering. Good pathway plant for its fragrant foliage, informal hedge or screen, soil erosion control.
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| Culture & Maintenance: |
Grows best in open sunny position on light soils. Needs protection from strong winds, tolerates partial sun. Resents root disturbances. Trim lightly after flowering to maintain compact habit.
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| Foliage: |
Simple, opposite, linear 4cms with a blunt hooked apex, aromatic, soft.
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