This shrub has slender woody stems that form a bushy spreading habit. It has tiny oblong dark green leaves and the pink cup-shaped flowers appear in clusters towards the end of the branches from autumn to summer.   

Hardiness zones 9 to 10 

Thryptomene denticulata is naturally found in Western Australia growing on the coast and inland regions north of Perth in heathland or scrubland. It prefers a well drained sandy soils in an open sunny position and is frost, drought and high temperature tolerant. 

This small shrub is grown for its flowers and is planted in parks and gardens as a specimen or in low borders. It is suitable for coastal or inland regions and establishing in 2 to 3 years. It is also used in rockeries, containers and is planted in commercial sites and is successfully grown in the humid eastern states. ID 2380

Thryptomene (thrip-TOH-meen) denticulata (den-tik-yoo-la-ta)  

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