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Melaleuca cordata

Description

Small shrub with heart shaped leaves and terminal purple-pink flowers in spring-summer. Prefers a hot dry site and will tolerate some shade. Pruning with promote a bushier shrub and profuse flowering. New introduction so will see how it grows in Ojai over the next couple of years (2010).

Details

Biological Name: Melaleuca cordata
Common Name:
Family: Myrtaceae
Origin: Western Australia
Exposure: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Irrigation: Drought tolerant once established
Frost: Moderately Frost Tolerant 25F (-4C)
Soil: Well-drained
Flower Color: Purple-pink
Flower Time: Spring -Summer
Height: 3-5'
Width: 3
See also...
Shrub
Availability ...
1 Gallon: not available
2 Gallon: not available
5 Gallon: not available
15 Gallon: not available
Mail Order Plant (online only): not available
Seeds (online only): $10.00add to cart
Propagation Information: Grows readily from seed.

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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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