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Chamelaucium virgatum is an erect Western Australian shrub in the myrtle family, growing 0.3 to 1.7 m tall with white to pink flowers from August to January. It is native to sandy and gravelly soils over laterite, so good drainage is the key to growing it.
Chamaelaucium virgatum is a member of the family Myrtaceae endemic to Western Australia.
The erect shrub typically grows to a height of 0.3 to 1.7 metres (1.0 to 5.6 ft). It blooms in between August and January producing white-pink flowers.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chamelaucium virgatum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
