Melaleuca pachyphylla
“Wallum Bottlebrush”
SHRUB 1 TO 1.5 METRES TALLErect or sometimes contorted shrub with dull green prickly leaves. Bright red, or sometimes green, flower brushes to 10cm long in Spring/Summer/Autumn. Attracts birds, bees & butterflies. Very hardy, good seaside plant. Frost hardy.
| Suitability | |
|---|---|
| Category | Small Shrubs up to 2m |
| Family | Myrtaceae |
| Aspect | Full Sun |
| Soil | Moist, Well-drained |
| Habitat | Wallum |
| Features | |
| Bird Attracting, Bush Food Plants, Butterfly Plants, Clay Tolerant Species, Drought Tolerant Species, Frost Tolerant Plants, Perfumed Foliage Plants, Seaside Plantings | |
| Localities | |
| Berrinba, Calamvale, Darra, Deagon, Doboy, Drewvale, Ellengrove, Heathwood, Inala, Karawatha, Larapinta, Lindum, Logan City, Lytton, Meeandah, Myrtletown, North Stradbroke Island, Nudgee Beach, Parkinson, Pine Rivers, Pinkenba, Richlands, Stretton, Sunshine Coast district, Wacol, Woolloongabba | |
