Shape | Compact rounded to slightly pendulous. |
Landscape | Hedges, borders, screening, city and courtyard gardens, flowering hedge, informal gardens, cottages or as a specimen. |
Propagation | Cuttings. Seed can be accomplished but highly unreliable. |
Cultivation | Grow in moist but very well-draining sandy, lime or clay soil that is neutral to alkaline. |
Pests | None known. |
Notable Specimens | Kings Park and Botanical Garden, Perth, Australia. |
Habitat | Coastal dry plains and hills. |
Bark/Stem Description | Woody, slightly scaly bark. |
Flower/Leaf Bud Description | Round inconspicuous flower buds. |
Leaf Description | Short obovate leaves about 5 - 10 mm long that have a unique Myrtaceae smell when crushed. |
Flower Description | Terminal inflorescences of cherry blossom-like blooms at the ends of flower stems. Blooms are tiny, measuring only up to 2 cm in diameter. |
Colour Description | Deep green to medium green foliage, dull reddish-brown bark and rosy pink to white blooms and flower buds. |
Texture Description | Medium. |