San Leandro, CA (Zone 9b) | November 2018 | neutral
Per the Australian Cultivar Registration Authority:
"ORIGIN: The origin of this form of Crowea exalata is unknown. The name was ch...Read Moreosen because of the white star-like flowers. The cultivar was first received by the Authority on 12 July 1990.
DESCRIPTION: The habit is undefined. Branchlets terete and scarcely angled. Leaves alternate, narrow oblong-spathulate and narowing gradually towards the base, 8-15mm long and 1.5-3mm wide on slender petioles ca. 1-2mm long, surface smooth, secondary nerves obscure. Central nerve usually raised below and margins of leaves slightly recurved. Flowers star-like, solitary, axillary or terminal on very short axillary shoots, 15-18mm across. Sepals 5, free, broadly ovate, ca. 1mm long, imbricate and reflexed. Petals 5, free, overlapping, broadly ovate 8-9mm long, smooth but with very fine longitudinal striations. Anthers reported to be yellow. Flowering spring and summer."
Per the Australian Cultivar Registration Authority:
"ORIGIN: The origin of this form of Crowea exalata is unknown. The name was ch...Read More