This small tree has upright spreading branches that form a broad rounded compact crown. It has slender dark green pointed leaves and the creamy-white sweetly scented cup-shaped flowers appear in a bottlebrush-like spike during late spring.

Hardiness zones 9 to 11

Melaleuca armillarisis naturally found in Australia growing on the east coast from New South Wales to Victoria in exposed positions.

It prefers a well to moderately drained sandy or granite based moderately fertile soil in an open sunny to semi shaded position and is frost, salt spray and drought tolerant.

The Bracelet Honey Myrtle is grown for its upright rounded habit and flowers. It is planted along garden borders for screening or used as a specimen plant in a wet spot, tolerating temporary inundation. It establishes in 2 to 3 years and is long lived. This plant has a variable habit from shrubs to small tree and is used as a wind break or trimmed to form an informal hedge. It is suitable for coastal and inland regions and it is bird and bee attracting. ID 452

Note:
When mature the plant may become unstable in heavy soils, falling to one side

Melaleuca (me-la-LOO-ka) armillaris(arm-i-LAH-ris)

'Melaleuca': from Greek melanos + leukos - black & white (refers to the first species described, M. quinquenervia, which had a burnt, blackened trunk and white branches); 'armillaris': a bracelet (refers to the arrangement of the fruit).

Myrtaceae(mir-TAY-see-ee)
Myrtle, Eucalyptus, Clove and Guava Family