Municipalities

Scientific Name

Agastachys odorata

Family Name

PROTEACEAE

Common Name

White Waratah

Status

Height

8.0m (800cm)

Flowers

Creamy white in straight upright spikes 5-8cm long in leaf axils, strongly scented.

Fruit

Nuts

Form

An bushy shrub with erect branches or (in the west) may be a small tree.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Derwent Valley; Devonport; Flinders Island; Huon Valley; West Coast

Communities

Scrub on button grass plains

Habitat Notes

Tas. endemic. Local in areas of high rainfall in scrub associated with button grass plains. Grows mostly on poor soils being particularly common near rocky outcrops on quartzite hillsides in the southwest.

Site Tolerance

Exposed; Moist; Rocky; Windy

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

Soil Tolerance

Fertile; Loam; Phosphorous intolerant; Poor; Poorly-drained; Well-drained

General Notes

Susceptible to Phytophora cinnamoni. Not suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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Seed Collecting Months

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Sowing Months

Jan

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Cutting Months

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Seed Information

Seed Collection

Fruit a one-seeded winged nut

Seed Treatment Method

Standard

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Difficult to grow from seed which has poor results and germinates slowly.

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

Percentage strike is usually not good. Success has been reported from air-layering. Very slow growing. In cultivation needs a well-composted soil with good drainage. Half-to three quarters shade preferred.