This is a landscape screening tree especially handy for difficult sites. It is more tolerant of humid conditions than other melaluecas. It features large thin leaves, attractive paperbark, and substantial cylindrical flower spikes in summer. This plant is a food source and nesting site for birds.
- Type
- Native
- Maintenance
- Low
- Water use
- Minimal
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Container
- Zero
- Size
- Trees 7 metres +
- Root size
- 2.5 metres
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Zones
- Semi-arid with summer rain, Moist temperate with hot summers, Arid interior
- Soils
- Sandy, Loam, Clay
- Tolerances
- Frost, Wind, Salt
- Regions
- Habitat plants, Wagga Wagga (Salt Tolerant)
- Shade levels
- Full sun
- Flowering seasons
- Summer
- Colours
- Green
- Gardens
- Backyard Garden, Hardy Garden, Central Highlands Garden, Yarra Valley Water plants