Melaleuca Cotton Candy
Melaleuca thymifolia ‘Cotton Candy’
A compact and hardy native shrub with showy clusters of hot pink flowers in spring and autumn, the ‘Cotton Candy’ is suited to low hedging, rockeries and borders. It doesn’t mind occasional wet feet and flowers better in higher-rainfall zones or where watered in the flowering period. It tolerates most soil types and planting conditions.
Conditions
Botanical Name: Melaleuca thymifolia ‘Cotton Candy’
Common Name: Melaleuca Cotton Candy
Family: Myrtaceae
Plant Type: Small Shrub
Height: 0.5 m
Width: 0.5 m
Growth Habit: Evergreen, Rounded shrub
Leaf Description: Light Grey Green
Flower Colour: Hot Pink
Flowering Time: Late winter, Spring, Summer
Light Needs: Full Sun
Soil Moisture: Dry to Moist
Soil Type: Most free draining soils
Tolerances: Frost, Dry Periods
Uses: Mass Plantings, Native shrubberies, Bee and bird food source
Maintenance: Regular Light Prune to thicken
Pests and Diseases: Webworm, scale
To Note: Take care when working around it as it is very brittle and branches can easily break.
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0448974421
FIND US
Nursery is open Tues, Wed and Thurs 9 - 3.
All other times by appointment.