This shrub to small tree has stiff brown upright stems with papery bark and form a rounded habit. It has dark green narrow lanced-shaped leaves and the white saucer-shaped flowers appear in clusters from spring to summer. 

Hardiness zones 8 to 11 

Kunzea ericoides is naturally found in Australia from Queensland to New South Wales and Victoria and also grows in New Zealand along water courses or on cleared land. 

It prefers an open sunny position and grows in well drained, moderately fertile soils and is drought and frost tolerant. 

Kanuka is a hardy shrub that is grown for its mass of flowers and its habit. It is planted in parks and gardens as a specimen or in shrub borders. It is used for screening establishing in 2 to 3 years and is suitable for coastal or low mountain regions. It is also used to revegetate cleared land but may become a weed in some regions. ID 1906

Note:
It is a variable plant forming a rounded shrub in Australia but grows into a tree in New Zealand, where under cultivation it normally attains a height of 6m (18ft). 

Kunzea (KUN-zee-uh) ericoides (ere-KOY-des)

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