Scientific Name: Kunzea ambigua

Common Name: white kunzea

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Myrtaceae

Form Description: Shrub with long arching branches. Teatree like.

Height (m): 1 – 4

Flowers: White fluffy bottlebrush-like heads, honey scented.

Fruit: Papery capsule – leathery.

Municipality
Break O’DayDorsetFlindersGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayNorthern MidlandsWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Coastal VegetationHeath
Habitat Notes

Granitic country of the east and north-east and Bass Strait Islands. Coastal heaths and wet scrub areas. Sandy heathlands.

Site Tolerance

Exposed, Moist, Rocky, Windy

Soil Tolerance

Loam, Nutrient-poor, Poorly-drained, Sandy, Well-drained

General Notes

Grows fairly quickly into a large shrub. Bird attracting.

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Seed Collecting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sowing Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Cutting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Propagation Method
Seed, Cuttings

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Capsules shed seed and drop off before winter, before next flowering season.

Seed Treatment Method

Surface Sow Sow seed finely on the surface of the potting mix and cover with just enough mix to hold the seed on the surface when watered.

Seed Treatment Notes

Fine seed. Surface sow or cover the seed lightly.

Germination Time

3-5 weeks.

Cutting & Division Information

Easily grown from cuttings.