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MEALEUCA cuticularis 250g
Saltwater Paperbark
Family: Myrtaceae
Characteristics: Shrub or small tree 1-7 metres.
Seed per packet: Small seed, several hundred.
Seed per gram: Small seed, several thousand.
Shrub or small tree 1-7 metres high that produces white-cream flowers from August to November.
The flowers are in groups of three, white or cream in colour, located on the ends of the branches and surrounded by overlapping brown bracts
The leaves are linear to oblong, grey-green to dark green in colour and 4-12 mm long and 1.5-3 mm wide
Grows in alluvium, sand, clay and Winter-wet depressions, salt lakes, coastal areas, along watercourses.
Perfers an open sunny position, drought and frost-resistant.
It occurs naturally in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren in Western Australia.
In 1767, Carl Linnaeus was the first one to use the name Melaleuca, which we still call it today. This name also refers to the Baeckea, Kunzea, and Leptospermum species during Captain James Cook's maiden voyage to Australia, sailors used the leaves from these different shrubs as an alternative for tea.
Melaleuca cuticularis was first formally described in 1806 by Jacques Labillardière in Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen from a specimen he collected during the 1791 d'Entrecasteux expedition
Propagation is easy from seed.
Melaleuca seed is generally best sown in spring or autumn avoid the coldest and hottest months of the year.
If growing in containers:
Sow on surface of the growing mix.
- Press lightly into surface. Do not bury the seed.
- Water with a mist spray to avoid dislodging the seed.
- Place the container in warm shaded or semi-shaded position
- Keep warm & moist, avoid drying out or waterlogging the growing mix.
- Transplant seedlings into well-drained soil in a sunny position once they large enough to handle.
Germination generally occurs in around 14-28 days at 18-22°C
Sow directly for re-vegetation projects.
* Please note:
- Please do not be too hasty to discard seeds that do not germinate; seeds will often lie dormant until the conditions are like their natural germination requirements.
- As with all seeds, they must have adequate water to germinate, keep them moist, but not too wet.
- These growth notes are provided as guidance only and do not guarantee successful germination.
- The customer should do their due diligence to ensure they are suited to their region.
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