This shrub has upright spreading slender woody stems that form a compact rounded habit. It has dark green oblong leaves and the tiny white cup-shaped flowers appear profusely from winter to spring.

Hardiness zones 9 to 11

Thryptomene calycinais naturally found in Australia growing on the Grampians range of western Victoria on rocky slopes in well drained moderately fertile neutral to acidic soils. It prefers an open sunny to semi shaded position and is drought and slightly frost tolerant.

The Bushy Heath-myrtle is grown for its flowers and its bushy habit. It is planted in parks and gardens as a specimen or used in borders or rockeries. It is suitable for coastal or inland regions establishing in 2 to 3 years and the flowers are used in the floristry industry. ID 2617

Thryptomene(thrip-TOH-meen) calycina(KALY-see-na)

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