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Regelia cymbifolia

Regelia cymbifolia
Photo: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0

Regelia cymbifolia is a small, much branched shrub from south-west Western Australia, growing to about 2 m, with deep pink to purple flowers in spring. It is rarely grown, so care advice comes mostly from general knowledge of Regelia and Western Australian heath-type shrubs.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established and let the soil dry between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or gritty mix, acidic to neutral.
Temperature
10–30 °C; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Hard

About

Regelia cymbifolia is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a much branched shrub bearing tiny, wedge shaped leaves and clusters of deep pink to purple flowers on the ends of its branches in spring.

How to grow it

Regelia cymbifolia is not well known in cultivation but has been grown in Kings Park.

Where it grows

Regelia cymbifolia occurs in a restricted area near the Stirling Range in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains and Jarrah Forest biogeographic regions. It grows in sand on undulating plains.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Regelia cymbifolia 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.

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