Family Index

Scientific Name

Pimelea drupacea

Family Name

THYMELAEACEAE

Common Name

Cherry Rice-flower

Status

Height

3.0m (300cm)

Flowers

White or pale cream, to about 0.6cm in terminal heads in upper axils, sometimes profuse.

Fruit

Berries or drupes

Form

Straggling shrub, with slender, silky-hairy branches.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Coast; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Derwent Valley; Devonport; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kentish; King Island; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar

Communities

Rainforest; Wet Eucalypt Forest

Habitat Notes

Widespread and fairly frequent in wet forests.

Site Tolerance

Moist; Shady

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

Soil Tolerance

Clay; Fertile; Loam; Phosphorous intolerant; Well-drained

General Notes

Resistant to Phytophthora cinnamomi. Hardy to most frosts and withstands extended dry periods. Likes free draining acidic soils and a sunny to somewhat shaded site. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

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Sowing Months

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Cutting Months

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Seed Information

Seed Collection

Fruit a drupe, (poisonous) usually black, may be red.seed releases very quickly once ripe,. slightly immature fruit can be harvested and allowed to mature in a warm position. rub on wire screens to remove outer coverings

Seed Treatment Method

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Difficult to grow from seed.

Germination Time

Suitable for Direct Seeding

Cuttings

Expected Time to Take Root

Expected Time to Plant Out

Propagation by Division N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.

Cutting Notes

Propagate from cuttings of baely firm young growth. Care should be taken not to strip back the young bark.