Melaleuca (Australian Honey Myrtle)

Melaleuca alternifolia (Oil Tea Tree)

Melaleuca armillaris

3 (7)m, Bracelet Honey Myrtle is a spreading tall shrub or small tree with linear, light green leaves and pure white flowers in dense terminal spikes. A native species of Queensland and E Tasmania. For any humus rich, sandy, well drained soil in a sunny spot. V-VIII.

Melaleuca cordata

1 (1.5)m, Heart-leaf Honey Myrtle is a small woody shrub with heart shaped, grayish green leaves and ornamental rich purple flowers n terminal dense spikes. It is native of W Australia and can be grown in a humus rich, preferably sandy, very well drained, and rather dry soil in a sunny spot. V-VIII.

Melaleuca diosmatifolia (Rosy Honey Myrtle)

Melaleuca diosmatifolia (syn. Melaleuca erubescens)

1 (2.5)m, Rosy Paperbark is a small woody shrub with narrow, linear leaves and dense terminal spikes of most ornamental pale to deep mauve flowers. It is native of woodlands in New South Wales (Sydney area) to south-eastern Queensland. For any humus rich, sandy, well drained soil in a sunny spot. V-VII.

Melaleuca elliptica

2 (3)m, Granite Honey Myrtle is a medium sized woody shrub with small, elliptical, grayish green leaves and dense terminal spikes of deep red flowers. It is native of S Australia (Esperance to Striling Ranges and Sharks Bay). For any humus rich, preferably slightly rocky, very well drained soil in a sunny spot. V-VII.

Melaleuca ericifolia

1.50 (2.50)m, Heath Melaleuca is a medium sized woody shrub with dark green, short, needle-like leaves and dense terminal spikes of yellowish white flowers. For any humus rich, preferably slightly rocky, very well drained soil in a sunny spot. IV-VII.

Melaleuca filifolia (Wiry Honey Myrtle)

Melaleuca fulgens

2 (3)m, Scarlet Honey Myrtle is a medium sized woody shrub with short, narrow, grayish green leaves and dense terminal spikes of scarlet to deep red flowers. It is native of W Australia (South Australia and Northern Territory). For any humus rich, preferably slightly rocky, very well drained soil in a sunny spot. V-VII.

Melaleuca glaberrima

1m, is a small woody shrub with short, narrow, mid green leaves and dense terminal clusters of ornamental mauve-pink flowers. For any humus rich, well drained soil in a sunny spot. X-I.

Melaleuca hypericifolia

2 (3)m, Red-flowered Paperbark is a medium sized to large woody shrub with small, grayish green to mid green leaves and terminal spikes of orange red flowers. It is native of the south-east coast of New South Wales, Australia. For any humus rich, well drained soil in a sunny spot. V-VII.

Melaleuca megacephala (Yellow Pom-Pom Myrtle)

Melaleuca nesophila

3 (5)m, Honey Myrtle makes a tall woody shrub with elliptical, mid green leaves and terminal globular spikes of purple flowers. It is native of the south coast of W Australia. For any humus rich, well drained soil in a sunny spot. V-VIII.

Melaleuca pentagona

Melaleuca pulchella

1 (2)m, Claw Honey Myrtle makes a small low woody shrub with fine green leaves and pink, terminal, claw-like flowers. For any humus rich, well drained soil in a sunny spot. V-VIII.

Melaleuca radula (Graceful Honey Myrtle)

Melaleuca spathulata (Purple Myrtle)

Melaleuca squamea (Swamp Honey Myrtle)

Melaleuca suberosa (Cork Bark Honey Myrtle)

Melaleuca trichophylla (Pretty Honey Myrtle)

Melaleuca viridiflora (red)

3 (8)m, Broad-leafed Paperbark makes a tall woody shrub to small tree with broad, oval, leathery dull dark green leaves and terminal, dense, cylindrical spikes of bright red flowers in this red form. It is native of humus rich, slightly moist soils in tropical N Australia and New Guinea. For any humus rich, well drained, always slightly moist soil in a sunny spot. V-VIII.

Melaleuca wilsonii

1 (2)m, Violet Honey-Myrtle is a small, long-lived woody shrub with narrow, short, lemon-scented leaves and axillary, dense racemes of bright pinkish red flowers. This species is native of Victoria and South Australia. For any humus rich, well drained, always slightly moist soil in a sunny spot. X-XI.