Melaleuca fulgens ‘Hot Pink’ – Honey Myrtle

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'
Melaleuca fulgens 'Hot Pink'

Family : Myrtaceae

Cultivar Name: Hot Pink

Plant Type : Small shrub, Large shrub

Width : 1.5

Flowering Time : Spring, Summer, Winter

Soil Type : Sandy, Loamy, Sandy loam, Poor soil

Climate Zone : Warm temperate, Cool temperate, Mediterranean

Growth Habit : Evergreen, Open foliage

Soil Moisture : Well-drained, Moist moderate drainage

Special Uses : Honey producing plant, Playground friendly

Scientific Name: Melaleuca fulgens

Common Name : Honey Myrtle

Height : 2.5

Flower Color : Pink, Gold

pH Level : Acid, Neutral, Alkaline

Plant Environment : Low maintenance garden, Flower garden, Coastal garden

Light : Sunny, Light shade

Lifespan : Perennial

Frost Tolerance : Tolerates light frost

Attracts Wildlife : Bees, Nectar eating birds, Butterflies, Other insects