This shrub is initially erect but eventually spreads. Stems are branching and bark is peeling. The leaves are green in colour, narrow and quite small (3cm long). Flowers are lavender-pink to rose-pink, and are borne from spring to summer. Melaleuca nesophila can grow to about 7m tall and about 4m wide. This plant is drought tolerant.
- Type
- Native
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Water use
- Minimal
- Container
- Zero
- Size
- Medium Trees & shrubs 3 - 7 metres
- Root size
- 2.5 metres
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Zones
- Moist temperate with hot summers, Semi-arid with winter rain, Moist temperate with warm summers, Winter rains with dry summers
- Soils
- Sandy, Loam
- Tolerances
- Wind, Salt, Drought
- Regions
- Central Highlands Garden
- Shade levels
- Full sun
- Flowering seasons
- Spring, Summer
- Colours
- Green, Pink
- Gardens
- Central Highlands Garden, Mediterranean