This tree has a solitary gnarled trunk with papery bark and spreading branches that form a rounded crown. It has grey green linear leaves and the profuse creamy-white feathered-like flowers appear in a spike during late spring.

Hardiness zones 9 to 11

Melaleuca linariifoliais naturally found in Australia growing on the east coast from south-eastern Queensland to the central coastal of New South Wales commonly along watercourses or around swamps.

It prefers a well to moderatly drained sandy soil and grows in a open sunny to semi shaded position and is frost tolerant but drought tender.

The Flax Leafed Paperbark is grown for its upright habit, flowers and papery bark. It is planted in large gardens, parks and golf courses as a lawn specimen for shade or in group plantings for screening. It establishes in 3 to 4 years and is long lived. It is suitable for coastal and low-mountain regions can be planted in soils that are periodically inundated. This tree attracts honey eating birds and bees and can be used as a wind break. ID 453

Melaleuca(me-la-LOO-ka) linariifolia (lin-ah-ee-FOL-ea)

'Melaleuca': from Greek melanos + leukos - black & white (refers to the first species described, M. quinquenervia, which had a burnt, blackened trunk and white branches); 'linariifolia': leaves like Linaria.

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