This heath-like shrub to small tree has an upright to prostrate habit with slender willowy branches. It has dark green lanced-shaped leaves and produces prolific clusters of white wheel-shaped flowers from late spring to summer.

Hardiness zones 9 to 11

Baeckea virgata is naturally found from the Northern Territory, Queensland to New South Wales and Victoria in Australia. It also grows in New Caledonia.

It prefers a well drained sandy loam that is moderately fertile in an open sunny position and is drought and mildly frost resistant.

The Twiggy Heath-myrtle is grown for its dense rounded habit and dainty white flowers. It is suitable for small or native gardens and is planted along borders for screening or used as a tub specimen. It is also grown in large rock gardens or along embankments as a spill-over, establishing in 2 to 3 years. Some cultivars are prostrate and are used as a ground cover.ID 964

Baeckea(bek-ea) virgata (vir-ga-ta)

Myrtaceae(mir-TAY-see-ee)
Myrtle, Eucalyptus, Clove and Guava Family