Geraldton Wax (Chamelaucium uncinatum) is one of my favourite native plants. It is extremely well suited to Western Australia, as it is endemic to this region of the world. So it thrives in our sandy soils and Mediterranean Climate. It gets beautiful waxy myrtle like flowers from July to about October. The flowers last exceedingly well in a vase and as such this is a very popular flower in the Floristry Industry. I love using just the buds in flower displays that I make, as it looks like a small berry and makes a display interesting without taking away from the main feature flower. The flowers come in shades of whites, pinks and dark pinks. If you wish to grow one, they benefit from a decent prune once or twice a year, remove approximately half of the new growth. People have a very bad habit of planting this bush in a place that is too small and dark for it. It loves full sun and is a large open shrub that can get up to 2-3m, so plan ahead peoples as they dont take well to having their roots disturbed, unless theyre very young.
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