Melaleuca nesophila
Common name:
Pink Melaleuca
Showy Honey-myrtle
Western Tea Myrtle
Pronunciation:
me-luh-LOO-ka nee-soh-FY-luh
Genus:
Type:
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon:
No
- Evergreen shrub or small tree to about 20 ft tall and 12 ft wide (6 m x 3.6 m), forms an asymmetrical greyish-white frame Bark is thick and spongy and peels off in broad strips. Leaves are small, to about 2.5 cm, bright green, elliptic to oblong-obovate. Flowers in terminal pompon-like clusters, 2.5 cm across, lavender to rose pink; appear in late spring through summer.
- Sun, tolerant of ocean winds and salt spray, grows in rocky soil, drought tolerant when established.
- Hardy to USDA Zone 9 Native to the coastal districts of southern Western Australia.
- nesophila: island (neso) loving or friendly (phila).
- UC Santa Cruz Botanical Garden
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