Lemon Myrtle Flower. #10/100 x Flowers 2023

            "Backhousia citriodora occurs naturally in the Queensland coastal forests from Brisbane to Mackay and is known by several vernacular names including Lemon Ironwood, Lemon-scented Myrtle and Sweet Verbena Tree. It is a medium-sized shrub or tree, to 8 m tall with a low-branching habit. Often in cultivation small branches take root where they touch the ground. These branches are easily severed and replanted.

The leaves of B. citriodora are a fresh green colour and strongly lemon-scented. They are attractively veined and oval or lance-shaped in outline, 50 -100 mm long with slightly toothed margins and a pointed apex. The young foliage is reddish and the young shoots and undersides of the leaves are often hairy.

The very attractive white flowers are numerous and produced in long-stalked clusters. The outer part of an individual flower consists of a bell-shaped hairy receptacle with 5 persistent spreading calyx lobes. These are surmounted by 5 small petals about 5 mm long and numerous fluffy stamens which are twice as long as the petals.

The fruit is a nut-like capsule which contains several small seeds. These are occasionally released but are generally retained until the whole fruit fails from the tree. B. citriodora is slightly frost-tender when young but can be grown outside in frosty areas provided it is planted in a sheltered position in semi-shade. Several specimens are thriving in the Australian National Botanic Gardens in the Rainforest Gully where some protection is provided by the tree canopy and surrounding shrubbery. Temperatures as low as -8ºC have been recorded in this section of the Gardens during winter."

Taken on: January 3, 2023

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