Botanical Name: Melaleuca elliptica
Common Name: Granite honey-myrtle
Type of Plant: dicot: shrub or tree
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape upright to somewhat sprawling, irregular branching, rounded to spreading canopy, brown bark sheds in strips
Height 6-10' (15')
Spread equal
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full sun
Soil prefers well-draining soils
Hardiness hardy (zones 9, 12-24)
 
Morphology:
Leaves pinnate, alternate-whorled, oval-round, 1/2 - 3/4" long, leathery, dull green
Flowers reddish-crimson, many stamens, bottlebrush-like, 3-4" spikes, spring-fall
Fruit woody capsule, 1/4"
 
Propagation:
seed
 
Usage:
large accent shrub for branch structure, foliage and showy flowers; container plant; slopes
 
Landscape Care:
Watering occasional deep soak
Fertilizing little needed after established
Pruning little – selectively thin to enhance branch structure
Pests/Diseases
Special Conditions/Other relatively free
 
Origin: Australia
Family: Myrtaceae

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