Re: Wax Plant

At 09:34 PM 3/20/99 -0800, you wrote:
>Does anyone know what a 'Wax Plant' is? The leaves are opposite, the 
>lower stem woody, the flowers are a red-violet with no sepals that I can 
>find, the petals and stamens are attached to a cup with a pistil in the 
>center. I saw it in a flower arrangement and am going to try rooting it. 
>Thanks, 
>Kris in northern CA

Hi

The Wax Flower that I've seen popping up in flower arrangements lately is
Chamelaucium uncinatum.  I've fallen in love with them, but they won't grow
in my zone 7 area.  They're evergreen shrubs from Western Australia that
grow to a height and width of 6-12', preferring dryish, sandy, neutral to
acid, poor to moderately fertile soil.  They are hardy in zones 9-11, and
come in purple, mauve, red, pink, or white.  This info is from the American
Hort. Soc. A-Z Encyclopedia.   This also says it can be propogated by
rooting greenwood cuttings in early summer or semi-ripe cuttings in late
summer, or you can surface-sow seeds in spring.  

HTH

Robin

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