Agonis flexuosa
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Genus
Agonis
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Species
flexuosa
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Variety Type
Native
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Variety
Agonis
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Growth Rate
Moderate.
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Foliage
Leaves are alternate, lanceolate in shape, about 6 to 10 cm long. Young growth is broad and has a rich bronzy-pink colour that eventually turns grey-green on both sides. Leaf oil glands have a peppermint fragrance when crushed.
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Bark
Grey to dark brown. Fibrous, rough and furrowed.
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Ornamental Fruit
Small woody capsules, three-valved.
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Tree Habit
Evergreen. Distinctive, pendulous weeping branches. Has a slender, weeping habit when young and as it ages the crown becomes more spreading.
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Flowers
Attractive, small, white 'tea-tree' like flowers 10 to 15 mm, are massed along the stems in late spring to early summer.
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Height (m)
9
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Width (m)
7