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Wrinkled Honey Myrtle

Melaleuca fulgens subsp. corrugata

Wrinkled honey myrtle is an erect, woody Australian shrub, up to about 3 m high and wide, grown for its pink to mauve bottlebrush-style flowers and curled, crinkled leaves. It is a subspecies of Melaleuca fulgens and suits sunny, free-draining sites.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then allow the soil to dry between waterings; it tolerates dry spells once established.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or loamy soil; tolerates poor, alkaline soils.
Temperature
Hardy to light frost; protect from hard frost below about -5 °C.
How easy
Easy

About

Melaleuca fulgens subsp. corrugata, commonly known as the wrinkled honey myrtle, is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to an area near the border between Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory. In 1990, the species Melaleuca fulgens was separated into 3 subspecies. This subspecies has a disjunct distribution but is nevertheless very similar to the other two, only differing the colour of the flowers and small differences in the leaf shape and length of the stamens. As with the other subspecies, this one is notable for its showy flowers which are usually a shade of pink to mauve but its foliage and fruits are also attractive features.

Where it grows

Melaleuca fulgens subsp. corrugata occurs in and between the Petermann, Musgrave and Rawlinson Ranges near the border of Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory. It grows in orthent along watercourses.

Other Melaleuca plants

Kalbarri Beaufortia · Dark Beaufortia · Badgingarra Beaufortia · Beaufortia bracteosa · Beaufortia burbidgeae · Stirling Range Bottlebrush · Gravel Bottlebrush · Elegant Beaufortia · Beaufortia empetrifolia · Beaufortia eriocephala · Grey Leaved Beaufortia · Beaufortia interstans

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Melaleuca fulgens subsp. corrugata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

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.

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