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Description: Chamelaucium uncinatum 'Pearl Buttons', Taken: 17 December 2018, [HERBARIUM SPECIMEN] ACRA NO: Acc 503 Copyright : Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR) holds copyright
Photographer: Palmer, R.

Chamelaucium uncinatum 'Pearl Buttons'

File Number

2034

ACRA Field Book Number

356

Registration Date

10/11/2022

Application Received

28/10/1991

Family

Myrtaceae

Cultivar Name

Chamelaucium uncinatum 'Pearl Buttons'

Origin

A selection from a seed germination event.

Characteristics

Shrub 1.5m in diameter with white wax flowers. It is a late flowering white petalled Waxflower. It is distinct from known varieties in having the following combination of characters: A November flowering season; thick stems; short leaves; dense, axillary flowering clusters; narrow floral tubes; short, narrow leaves; long styles; white petals. Pearl Buttons’, C. ‘White Spring’ Diagnosis: Pearl Buttons’ is of medium height. The plants have a higher density of foliage and flowers, thicker stems, shorter arching linear leaves and longer pedicel lengths than ‘White Spring’. The floral tubes of ‘Pearl Buttons’ are red-orange in older flowers whereas those of ‘White Spring’ are yellow-green. The style plus stigma length is greater in ‘Pearl Buttons’ than in ‘White Spring’. ‘Pearl Buttons’ has smaller flowers than ‘White Spring’.

Cultivation

Prefers an open sunny or partly shaded position and grows in a wide range of free draining soils. Tolerant of hot dry conditions and has a low water requirement once established.

Publication

Plant Varieties Journal: Volume 4, Issue 2

Colour Coding

RHS Colour Chart: Flowers: Floral tube: 2A, 3A, 4A

Propagation

Cuttings of semi firm new growth

Applicant Name

R&L Ward, A Wetzler, M Otani, W&P Hoffman

Uses

As part of a mass planting or mixed in a shrubbery, cut flowers

Availability

Specialist native plant nurseries

ANBG Accession Numbers

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NSL ID

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