Melaleuca nesophila
Showy honey-myrtle · also Mindiyet, Pink melaleuca, Mauve honey myrtle
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Melaleuca nesophila is a hardy, adaptable multi-trunked shrub or small tree native to southwestern Australia. It features distinctive papery bark, sometimes twisted branches, and a dense crown with prolific pink to purple, fluffy flowers blooming over a long period. Valued in urban landscapes for its drought, heat, and salt tolerance, it requires little water.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 7410.48%—3.8 in
- 710.05%28 yr7.0 in
- 470.01%35 yr7.5 in
Traits
- Form
- Multi-trunk
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 15–30 ft
- Canopy spread
- 15–30 ft
- Sun
- Full sun
- Soil
- Rocky
- Water needs
- Low
- Drought tolerance
- High
- Wildlife value
- Moderate
- Tolerates
- coastal, salt
- Blooms
- Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
Trunk diameters across every city: median 3.8 in, mean 4.6 in, 90th percentile 6.0 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands & Scrub
- Southwest Australia savanna
- Southwest Australia woodlands
Other Melaleuca in the catalogue
15 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
