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Geraldton Wax

Chamelaucium uncinatum

Description:

Geraldton Waxflower is a West Australian native flowering bush that produces an ubundance of tiny round pink, purple or white flowers. Waxflower one of the most widely-used cut flowers from Australia, because of its hardiness, longevity and usefulness in floral arranging, as a colourful ‘filler’ flower. The lemony flowers grow from clusters of sweet buds that branch out on stems covered in tiny green needles. In nature, Geraldton Wax grows best in dry soils and flowers from June to November. The flowers should be kept dry and away from ethylene gas (from car exhausts, for example) in order to last. Geraldton Wax looks and smells great bunched on its own, or when used to soften bunches of assorted flowers.

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2 Comments

Christiane
Christiane 12 years ago

Thanks Cindy.. It is very similar to the "TEATREE" but it has no smell. My friend said it looks like a Geraldton Wax..

Pretty shot! Looks like a species of Leptospermum but I'm not sure which. These leaves look really thin.

Christiane
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Christiane

4671, Queensland, Australia

Spotted on Jul 28, 2012
Submitted on Jul 28, 2012

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