Calytrix tetragona (Fringe Myrtle)
Calytrix tetragona (Fringe Myrtle) flower clusters with white petals and tiny pink-tipped buds.
Botanical names: Calytrix tetragona, Calytrix sullivanii
Common names: Fringe Myrtle, Star flowers
Family: Myrtaceae
Origin: Western Australia
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
USDA Zone: 9-10
Plant form: Large bush
Mature height: 5-10 ft
Sun exposure: Full sun or bright light indoor
Cold tolerance: Frost sensitive. Protect from freezing.
Watering: Regular; moderate
Flower color: Pink; white and off-white
Suitable for: Outdoors in the suitable USDA zone; small gardens, containers, and indoor growing
Fragrance: Fragrant; perfume plant
Wildlife: Attracts butterflies and hummingbirdsCalytrix tetragona is an easily grown and very hardy shrub for the small garden, usually reaching 1 m or more. The tiny leaves are slightly fleshy with a spicy perfume when bruised. The color of a healthy shrub is bright green with yellow-green young tips. Flowers are white or pink, deeper in the pointed buds, clustered along the arching branches, sometimes massed and nearly hiding the leaves.
Propagation is by small cuttings of half-ripe tip growth.
A garden position in sun or light shade is suitable, in well-drained lime free soil.
Similar plants: Calytrix tetragona (Fringe Myrtle)
Calytrix tetragona (Fringe Myrtle) with numerous small white star-shaped flowers and pointed green needle-like leaves
Calytrix tetragona (Fringe Myrtle) clusters of white flowers with pink tips among small needle-like leaves.
Calytrix tetragona (Fringe Myrtle) shrub covered in tiny white flowers among a mass of green foliage.
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