| Scientific Name: | Chamelaucium spp. |
| Common Name: | wax flower |
| Family Name: | Myrtaceae |
| Origin: | Australia / New Zealand |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen, Flowering cut plant |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Cut flower or foliage, Floristry |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Needle-like, Alternate, Sessile, Leathery, Glabrous, Acicular, Linear, Entire |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, Purple, Pink, Magenta, Red, Mar-Apr |
| Fruit: | Nut, Green, Brown, Jul-Aug |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves needle-like, lemon scented, 1-1.5(-2.5)cm long x 1-1.5mm wide; flowers arise from leaf axils, 1(-2.5)cm wide, 5 rounded petals, 10 stamens. | |