Mazhar Botanic Garden

Chamelaucium uncinatum Achauer

شاملوسيم

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000765
Common name: شاملوسيم
English name: Geraldton waxflower
Arabic name: شاملوسيم
Native: Western Australia
Country: Australia
(PGR): Rare

Evergreen shrub grow up to 2-6 m tall leaves needle-thin, dark green flowers lush clusters of waxy, star-shaped, white, pink

Ornamental plant. can be planted as a hedge, feature plant or screen.  If you crush the leaves, they emit a pleasant lemony scent, and the flowers have a sweet, honey fragrance, oozing nectar and attracting butterflies, bees, and other pollinating insects particularly on warm, late winter or spring days.

Texture: Clay Fertile Loam Sandy
Fertility: Intermediate
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Salinity: Intermediated
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Mediterranean
Lights: Full sun Light shade in dry Sheltered shade
Propagation: Cuttings
Flowering time: Spring and early summer
Zone: 9 : 11
pH range: 6.0-8.0

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