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Products > Crowea 'Festival'   Crowea 'Festival' - Pink Waxflower Note: This plant is not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.   [2nd Image] Habit and Cultural Information Category: Shrub Family: Rutaceae (Citrus) Origin: Australia (Australasia) Evergreen: Yes Flower Color: Pink Bloomtime: Year-round Fragrant Flowers: Yes Parentage: (Crowea exalata x C. saligna) Height: 3-4 feet Width: 3-4 feet Exposure: Cool Sun/Light Shade Summer Dry: Yes Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs Winter Hardiness: 15-20° F Crowea 'Festival' An attractive fine-textured medium-sized shrub to 3 to 4 feet tall by as wide with 1 to 1 1/2 inch long narrow leaves and 1/2 to 3/4 inch wide deep pink star-shaped flowers year round with a peak from late spring to fall. Plant in full cool sun (with roots shaded) to part or light shade in a well-drained soil. Can tolerate dry conditions but best with occasional summer irrigation. Cold hardy to 15-20 ° F. Responds well to pruning. Makes a great cut flower and is an attractive garden specimen or container plant. This hybrid Crowea is thought to be the result of a cross between Crowea exalata and C. saligna. It was selected from a group of spontaneous seedlings in the garden of Mr and Mrs Cooper in Turramurra, New South Wales prior to 1980. It was first grown at the UC Santa Cruz arboretum in 1993 with accession number 93.316 and is a 2011 UCSC Koala Blooms Australian Plant Introduction.  The information on this page is based on research conducted about this plant in the San Marcos Growers library, from online sources, and from observations made of the crops growing in our nursery, plants in the nursery's garden and those in other gardens where we may have observed it. We also have incorporated comments received from others and welcome getting feedback from those who may have additional information, particularly if this information includes cultural information that would aid others in growing Crowea 'Festival'.     [MORE INFO]