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Melaleuca montis-zamiae

Melaleuca montis-zamiae is a native Australian shrub from the Springsure district of Queensland, growing to about 4 m tall and known for red bottlebrush flowers in August and September. It is a species that prefers warm, sunny conditions and well-drained soil, and it is rarely grown outside its native range.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Shrub
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 soils.
Temperature
15–30 °C; protect from frost below about -5 °C.
How easy
Moderate

About

Melaleuca montis-zamia is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the Springsure district in Queensland, Australia. (Some Australian state herbaria use the name Callistemon montis-zamiae.) It is a shrub with red bottlebrush flowers.

Where it grows

Melaleuca montis-zamia occurs in the Springsure district. It grows in scrub near watercourses.

Other Callistemon plants

Melaleuca comboynensis · Callistemon kenmorrisonii · Melaleuca linearifolia · Melaleuca pearsonii · Melaleuca pityoides · Melaleuca orophila · Bottlebrush · Prickly Bottlebrush · Melaleuca buseana · Melaleuca flammea · Melaleuca flavovirens · Melaleuca formosa

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Melaleuca montis-zamia 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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