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|genus=Backhousia
|genus=Backhousia
|origin=Australia
|origin_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|lifespan=perennial
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|exposure=sun, part-sun
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|features=evergreen, flowers
|flowers=white
|Temp Metric=°F
|Temp Metric=°F
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===Propagation===
===Propagation===
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Cuttings or fresh seed.


===Pests and diseases===
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==Species==
==Species==
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*[[Backhousia citriodora]]
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*[[Backhousia myrtifolia]]
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<!--  *''[[Freesia laxa]]'' (syn. ''Anomatheca laxa'', ''Lapeirousia laxa'')  -->


==Gallery==
==Gallery==

Revision as of 14:14, 28 March 2011

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Backhousia (James Backhouse, botanical traveler). Myrtaceae. Evergreen greenhouse plants, blooming in spring.

Shrubs or trees, with opposite lvs. and blossoms in cymes or umbels: calyx-tube turbinate, or broadly campanulate, adhering to base of ovary, with 4 persistent segms.; petals 4, short; stamens many; ovary 2- celled, bearing a filiform style: fr. a caps., more or less inclosed in calyx, indehiscent or separating into 2 parts. —Five species in Austral. Requires the general treatment of myrtaceous coolhouse plants. Prop. by hardening cuttings under glass.


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