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Melaleuca diosmatifolia, the rosy paperbark or pink honey-myrtle, is a shrub of the myrtle family from eastern Australia, growing to about 1.5 m with pink to mauve flower spikes. It is hardy and easy to grow from seed or cuttings, and is often used as a screening plant.
Melaleuca diosmatifolia, commonly known as rosy paperbark and pink honey-myrtle is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is native to Queensland and New South Wales in Australia. It was formerly known as Melaleuca erubescens but is not closely related to Melaleuca diosmifolia although the species name has the same meaning. It has pointed, non-prickly leaves and cylindrical spikes of pink or purple flowers.
This species is relatively common in cultivation, usually as Melaleuca erubescens and is often used as a screening plant. It is hardy, growing successfully in a wide range of soils, including those that are poorly drained. It is easily cultivated from both seed and cuttings and can be pruned to keep a bushy shape. It has attractive flowers which are reported not to fade as quickly as those of Melaleuca decussata which is also widely cultivated.
Melaleuca diosmatifolia occurs on the ranges and western slopes of New South Wales and Queensland from the Darling Downs south to the Temora and Griffith districts and to coastal areas near Sydney. It grows in open forest and in areas subject to flooding.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
