This shrub has an upright habit with semi-pendulous branches that form a rounded crown. It has small grey-green lanced-shaped leaves and the green-yellow cup-shaped flowers appear in a spike from late winter to early spring.

Hardiness zones 9 to 11

Melaleuca incana is naturally found in southern Western Australia growing in wet depressions or around swamps.

It prefers a moderately drained slightly fertile sandy to clay soil in an open sunny position and is frost and drought tender.

The Grey Leafed Honey Myrtle is grown for its foliage. It is a hardy adaptable shrub that is planted along borders for screening or as a wind break and for foliage contrast. It can be trimmed to form an informal hedge and tolerates periodical wet soils. It is fast growing and establishes in 2 to 3 years and is long lived. ID 774

Melaleuca(me-la-LOO-ka) incana (in-KAN-ah)

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

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