This attractive Paperbark is tolerant of both wet and dry conditions and has bright green weeping foliage and creamy cylindrical flower spikes. The tree is native to northern Australia but it will grow on most parts of the mainland and is a successful street tree in Brisbane. Generally about 10m high and 5-8m wide, the leaves are a source of tea-tree oil with a broad range of therapeutic benefits. This plant is a food source and nesting site for birds.
- Type
- Native
- Maintenance
- Low
- Water use
- Moderate
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Container
- Zero
- Size
- Trees 7 metres +
- Root size
- 4 metres
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Zones
- Moist tropical, Semi-arid with summer rain, Moist temperate with hot summers, Arid interior, Semi-arid with winter rain, Winter rains with dry summers
- Soils
- Sandy, Loam, Clay
- Regions
- Habitat plants, Water efficient plants (OLD)
- Shade levels
- Full sun
- Flowering seasons
- Summer
- Gardens
- Native, Subtropical