Tintuppa Nursery 2009 Catalogue (VI)

WA Native | Bush Foods | Assorted Species

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Species		Description
Melaleuca armillaris Bracelet Honey Myrtle		Bushy shrub to 5m with dark green leaves. Small white bottlebrush flowers in late spring and autumn. Most soils. Tolerates salt soils, lime, dryness, frost, coastal exposure and pollution. Fast growing.
Melaleuca ericifolia Swamp Paper Bark		Bushy shrub or tree to 6m with dark green linear foliage. Masses of creamy-white flowers in spring and summer. Tolerates salt soils, lime, frost, boggy conditions, coastal exposure and pollution.
Melaleuca incana Grey Honey Myrtle		Graceful woolly shrub to 2.5m with weeping branches and feathery grey green leaves. Numerous pastel yellow brush flowers in spring. Bird attracting hardy species.
Melaleuca laterita Robin Red Breast		Hardy beautiful shrub to 2m. Aromatic, light green foliage. Many large orange red flowers in summer through to early winter. Any soil. Usually frost resistant. Windbreak, screening.
Melaleuca linariifolia Snow In Summer		Shapely bushy tree to 8m with soft fine foliage, cream coloured papery bark. Fluffy white brushes of flowers cover the plant in summer. Most soils. Tolerates salt soil, lime, wetness, dryness, pollution and usually frost.
Melaleuca megacephala		Dense upright shrub to 2.5m. Large yellow dense ballflowers in spring. Sunny well-drained position. Tolerates dryness and lime
Melaleuca nesophila Showy Honey Myrtle		Large busy shrub to 4m with papery bark and grey-green leaves. Abundant pinkish-mauve pompom flowers in spring and summer. Most soils, good drainage. Tolerates salt soil, lime, dryness and pollution. Frost tender.
Melaleuca pulchella Claw Flower		Small shrub to 1m with spreading arching branches. Mauve-pink claw shape flowers in spring and summer. Most soils. Tolerates lime, dryness, wetness and usually frost resistant.
Melaleuca quinquenervia Broadleaved Paperbark		Medium to tall tree to 12m with thick papery bark. Creamy bottlebrush flowers in summer and autumn. Tolerates salt soil, coastal exposure and moist brackish sites. Frost tender when young.
Melaleuca pressiana Swamp paperbark		Large shrub or medium tree to 6m with short thick trunk with papery bark and needle like foliage. Cream flower spikes in spring. Tolerates waterlogged coastal conditions.
Melaleuca scabra Rough Honey Myrtle		Low growing shrub to 1m. Masses of bright deep pink terminal flowers with gold tips in spring. Well-drained soil in a sunny open position. Tolerates frost.
Melaleuca spathulata		Small shrub or to 1.5m. Deep pink heads of flowers in spring. Well-drained soils. Tolerates wetness and dryness. Frost resistant.
Melaleuca styphelioides Prickly Paperbark		Small to medium tree with beautiful white to tan papery bark and a crown of prickly deep green leaves. Large numbers of creamy white flowers in late spring summer. Any soil. Tolerates dryness, wetness. Lime salt soil smog and frost.
Melaleuca thymifolia Thyme Honey Myrtle		Fast growing, spreading compact shrub to 1m. Deep mauve fringed flowers along stem in spring and summer. Most soils. Moist conditions, dryness and frost tolerant.
Melaleuca violacea		Small shrub or groundcover with small attractive leaves and violet flowers in spring. Most soils. Tolerates wetness, dryness, lime and frost.
Mirbelia dilatata		Shrub 2-3m with prickly foliage and blue-purple pea flowers in late spring. Hardy in well-drained soil. Frost resistant.
Pultenaea villosa		Pendulous small spreading shrub 1 x 2m. Yellow pea flowers in spring. Hardy plant. Well-drained soil.
Soylla hetorophylla Blue Bell		Small shrub to 1m or climber. Blue bell flowers in spring and summer. Hardy plant for most situations. Edible berry.
Tagasastes - Tree Lucerne		See Chamaecytisus palmensis
Templetonia retusa Cocky's Tongue		Rounded spreading shrub to 2m. Abundant scarlet pea flowers in winter. Sunny well drained soil. Exposed coastal gardens. Lime tolerant and frost hardy.
Viminaria juncea Swish Bush		Ornamental small tree like shrub. Slender leafless branches and weeping habit. Yellow pea flowers along branches spring\early summer. Moist soils. Frost resistant.

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