What is it about Australian plants that makes them bloom in winter? Perhaps they think they are still in Australia where it is summer. Whatever the deal is, Geraldton waxflower, Chamaelaucium uncinatum, provides a scattering of small white, pale pink or lavender pink flowers from now until spring. It is no mistake that their bloom resembles that of New Zealand tea tree. They are related.
Geraldton waxflower is pretty serious about drought tolerance. It can rot and fall over it stays too damp for too long. It likes a warm exposure and well drained soil. It is normal for the tiny evergreen leaves to be somewhat sparse. Unfortunately, it is also normal for healthy specimens in ideal situations to die out within ten years or so. Mature plants can get a bit more than six feet tall and wide.
Tony Tomeo 
What a pretty flower — it sounds perfect for our arid climate!
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It is. I saw it for the first time in San Luis Obispo in about 1986. It fell out of popularity, but seems to be making a comeback.
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I love this little beauty
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Before I forget, you might find my post for tomorrow to be amusing. (It is not the one that posts in four hours, but the one that posts at midnight here, which will be Sunday night there.)
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Ok will watch for it. It is 6am Sunday Morn over here as I write this. Yawn… I have just got out of bed….
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Well, our tomorrow does not begin for another eight and a half hours. no rush. It is not a particularly good article and has almost nothing to do with horticulture; but you might find it amusing.
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