
Melaleuca nodosa
“Prickly Leaf Paperbark”
SHRUB 6 TO 8 METRES TALL BY 2.5 METRES ACROSSShrub with papery, layered bark, drooping stems and linear leaves & masses of creamy-yellow flowers in spring and summer. Useful low screen plant for areas exposed to salt spray. Very adaptable & provides nesting sites for birds.
Suitability | |
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Category | Small Trees up to 10m |
Family | Myrtaceae |
Aspect | Full Sun |
Soil | Adaptable |
Habitat | Wallum |
Features | |
Bird Attracting, Salt Tolerant, Screen Plants, Seaside Plantings | |
Localities | |
Acacia Ridge, Algester, Banyo, Boondall, Bowen Hills, Cannon Hill, Chermside West, Deagon, Doboy, Dutton Park, Fitzgibbon, Fortitude Valley, Gordon Park, Ipswich area, Karawatha, Lindum, Logan City, Lutwyche, Lytton, Meeandah, Myrtletown, New Farm, Northgate, Nudgee, Nudgee Beach, Pinkenba, Sunshine Coast district, Taigum, Upper Mt Gravatt, Wishart, Woolloongabba, Zillmere |