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Melaleuca wilsonii

Description

Beautiful hardy medium shrub with fine green leaves and mauve-purple flowers appearing in spring/summer. Tolerant of most well-drained soils and situations, including alkaline soils, heavy frosts, extended dry periods (as well as water logging) & full sun or semi-shade. Plants respond to pruning and can be grown as a low hedge or screen. Very hardy adaptable shrub. Attracts hummingbirds.

Details

Biological Name: Melaleuca wilsonii
Common Name: Violet Honey Myrtle
Family: Myrtaceae
Origin: Southern Australia
Exposure: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Irrigation: Drought tolerant once established
Frost: Frost Tolerant 25F-18F (-8C)
Soil: Well-drained, alkaline, light to heavy
Flower Color: Purple
Flower Time: Spring-summer
Height: 3-6'
Width: Variable
See also...
Shrub
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Mail Order Plant (online only): not available
Seeds (online only): not available

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Hardenbergia, Acacia, Senna and Casuarinas have nitrogen-fixing nodules on their root systems to help provide nitrogen for other plants close to them?

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