This tree is native to arid areas. It is a good windbreak as a bushy shrub or multi-trunked tree. It features pointy leaves and attractive yellow globular flowers and the traditional melaleuca papery bark. This plant is a food source and nesting site for birds.
- Type
- Native
- Maintenance
- Low
- Water use
- Minimal
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Container
- Zero
- Size
- Medium Trees & shrubs 3 - 7 metres
- Root size
- 2.5 metres
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Zones
- Semi-arid with summer rain, Arid interior, Semi-arid with winter rain
- Soils
- Sandy, Loam, Clay
- Tolerances
- Frost, Wind
- Regions
- Habitat plants, Alice Water Smart
- Shade levels
- Full sun, Sun/shade
- Flowering seasons
- Spring