A small shrub that has showy hot pink bottlebrush flowers beautifully tipped with gold. It flowers from spring to summer. It grows to two and a half metres high and a metre and a half wide. A shrub that can be planted and left to its own devices, but pinching out the tips or pruning back regularly will encourage a more dense habit and more flowers. Feed with a good native plant fertiliser in spring. Likes a moist but well drained soil.
Melaleuca fulgens ‘Hot Pink’ – Honey Myrtle
Plant Information
Plant Type - Small shrub, Large shrub
Common Name - Honey Myrtle
Scientific Name - Melaleuca fulgens
Family - Myrtaceae
Cultivar Name - Hot Pink
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Minimum Height - 1.5
Maximum Height - 2.5
Minimum Width - 1
Maximum Width - 1.5
Flower Colour - Pink, Gold
Flowering Time - Spring, Summer, Winter
pH Level - Acid, Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Type - Sandy, Loamy, Sandy loam, Poor soil
Plant Environment - Low maintenance garden, Flower garden, Coastal garden
Climate Zone - Warm temperate, Cool temperate, Mediterranean
Light - Sunny, Light shade
Growth Habit - Evergreen, Open foliage
Life Span - Perennial
Soil Moisture - Well-drained, Moist moderate drainage
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Frost Tolerance - Tolerates light frost
Plant Usage -
Special Uses - Honey producing plant, Playground friendly
Attracts Wildlife - Bees, Nectar eating birds, Butterflies, Other insects
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