Australian Native Plants - Melaleuca
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Melaleuca tamariscina
(Bush-house Paperbark) |
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Height
2m - 5m |
The Bush-house Paperbark is a weeping shrub or small tree growing to 5 m tall. The bark is grey and papery. The small leaves are scale-like, clasped to the branches, and grow 1 mm to 4 mm long and about 1 mm wide. The plant flowers in spring and... Read more > |
Melaleuca thymifolia
(Thyme Honey-myrtle) |
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Height
0.3m - 1.5m |
The Thyme Honey-myrtle is a small spreading shrub growing to 1.5 m tall. The leaves are elliptic with pointed tip and grow 10 mm to 15 mm long and 1 mm to 3 mm wide. The plant flowers in spring and summer. The flowers are purple or mauve and... Read more > |
| Melaleuca trichophylla |
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Height
0.3m - 1m
Spread
0.6m - 2m |
Melaleuca trichophylla is a small spreading shrub from Western Australia. It produces globular clusters of pink, reddish pink or purple flowers in late winter to early summer in its natural range. Some plants are rounded shrubs, but can be sparse... Read more > |
Melaleuca uncinata
(Broombush) |
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Height
1m - 5m |
The Broombush is a shrub growing 2 m tall., or sometimes a small tree to 5 m. The leaves are narrow cylindrical with a curved claw at the tip and grow 2 cm to 4 cm long and about 1 mm wide. The plant flowers in spring and summer from August to... Read more > |
Melaleuca undulata
(Hidden Honey-myrtle) |
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Height
1m - 2m |
The Hidden Honey-myrtle is a shrub growing to 2 m tall. The leaves are narrow or oval and grow about 5 mm to 15 mm long and 2 mm to 4 mm wide. The plant flowers in spring and summer at some time from October to March. The flowers are white or cream... Read more > |
Melaleuca viridiflora
(Broad-leaved Paperbark) |
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Height
4m - 10m |
The Broad-leaved Paperbark is a large shrub small tree growing to 10 m tall. It has white, creamy brown or grey papery bark. The leaves are fairly broad for a paperbark and grow 7 cm to 18 cm long and 2 cm to 5 cm wide. The plant flowers throughout... Read more > |
Melaleuca wilsonii
(Wilson's Honey-myrtle) |
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Height
1m - 2m |
Wilson's Honey-myrtle is a shrub growing to 3 m tall. The leaves are narrow and pointed and grow 8 mm to 15 mm long and 1 mm to 2 mm wide. The plant flowers in late spring and early summer from October to December. The flowers are purple-pink or... Read more > |
