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MELALEUCA densa
Lemon Honey Myrtle
Family: Myrtaceae
Characteristics: Small pendulous shrub 0.4-3 metres.
Seed per packet: small seed several hundred.
Seed per gram: small seed several thousand.
Melaleuca densa is a small pendulous shrub 0.4-3 metres high with yellow flowers that occur from October to November.
An attractive plant with the the flower's heads or spikes at the ends of branches that continue to grow after flowering.
Each head has between 15 and 37 individual flowers, making a group up to 25 mm long and 20 mm in diameter.
At the base of each flower, there are brown, papery, overlapping bracts which fall off as the flowers develop. The stamens are arranged in 5 bundles around the flower, each containing 3 to 6 stamens.
The Lemon Honey Myrtle fibrous white bark the leaves arranged alternately or often in threes around the stem, each 2–9 mm long and 1.0-6.7 mm wide, oval-shaped to almost circular but tapering to a soft point.
An adaptable shrub that will grow in sand and clay.It has the ability to grow in seasonally wet flats, depressions and swamps.
Drought and frost tolerant.
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 densa was first formally described in 1812 by Robert Brown in Hortus Kewensis
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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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