Myrtaceae
Metrosideros waialealae var. fauriei
Metrosideros waialealae var. fauriei var. fauriei
Also known as Metrosideros polymorpha var. fauriei, Metrosideros collina var. fauriei, Nania fauriei
Tropical Plants · Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Kauai Endemic · Ohia · Hawaiian Native · Rare · Bog Plant · Tropical Tree · Myrtaceae · Conservation · Flowering · Slow Growing
This extremely rare variety of Metrosideros waialealae is endemic to the high-rainfall bogs and forests of Kauaʻi, Hawaii, making it one of the most specialist plants in cultivation. It demands consistently moist, acidic, well-drained soil and high ambient humidity in a sheltered partly shaded position. This plant is essentially unavailable commercially and is primarily of interest to botanical collections and conservation programs.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply to keep soil evenly moist; ensure excellent drainage · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- High
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4.3–5.7
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 18 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 96 in apart
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Hawaii
- Attracts
- Bees, Hummingbirds, Birds
Sources: trefle
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