This shrub to small straggly tree has upright spreading branches with white paper-like bark and forms rounded bushy habit. It has needle-like dark green leaves and the pale yellow flowers appear in globular heads during spring.    

Hardiness zones 9 to 11 

Melaleuca nodosa is naturally found in Australia from coastal Queensland to New South Wales growing on dunes or headlands, scrubland and in heath. 

It tolerates most well drained, moderately fertile sandy to light loams in an open to exposed position and is salt spray, frost and drought tolerant. 

The Ball Honey Myrtle is grown for its flowers and its hardiness. It is planted in small or sub-tropical gardens as a low screen, bird haven or as a windbreak in beach settings. It is suitable for coastal and adjoining tableland regions, establishing in 2 to 4 years but may have an untidy appearance in poor conditions. ID 2491

Melaleuca (me-la-LOO-ka) nodosa (noo-DOH-sa)

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