{"product_id":"melaleuca-ericifolia-mornington-peninsula","title":"Mornington Peninsula Swamp Paperbark - Melaleuca ericifolia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrice includes everything:\u003c\/strong\u003e the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMornington Peninsula Swamp Paperbark - Melaleuca ericifolia\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSwamp Paperbark is the plant that holds the wet, brackish, wind exposed edges of the Peninsula together. \u003cem\u003eMelaleuca ericifolia\u003c\/em\u003e grows as a dense, suckering shrub or small tree with fine heath like leaves and soft cream bottlebrush flowers in spring, and it spreads by root suckers to form thickets, which is precisely the behaviour wanted in revegetation and boundary screening. Grown here from local provenance seed, it tolerates waterlogging, salt spray and coastal wind better than almost any other screening plant available in southern Victoria.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eWhy Swamp Paperbark\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWaterlogging Tolerance\u003c\/strong\u003e: It grows in ground that is inundated for months, including brackish and saline wet soils.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSalt Wind Resistance\u003c\/strong\u003e: Front line coastal exposure does not defoliate it, which makes it a first choice for beach side boundaries.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSuckering Thicket Habit\u003c\/strong\u003e: Root suckers fill gaps and create a continuous dense mass, ideal for screening and habitat but worth siting away from small formal beds.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFine Heath Foliage\u003c\/strong\u003e: Tiny crowded leaves give a soft, dark, finely textured surface that reads well as a hedge.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpring Flowering\u003c\/strong\u003e: Cream bottlebrush spikes appear September to November and support bees, honeyeaters and native insects.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eIdeal Applications\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCoastal Boundary Screen\u003c\/strong\u003e: Planted in a row it makes a solid three to five metre windbreak in exposed seaside positions.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWetland Revegetation\u003c\/strong\u003e: The standard species for restoring Peninsula swamp scrub, dam edges and saline seepage areas.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBird Habitat Thicket\u003c\/strong\u003e: The dense suckering interior gives small bush birds cover that open plantings cannot.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eErosion and Salinity Control\u003c\/strong\u003e: Its root mass stabilises wet banks and tolerates the saline soils that defeat most trees.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eSpecimen \u0026amp; Installation\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (screening\/hedge):\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 to 2m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (feature\/avenue):\u003c\/strong\u003e 3 to 4m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBest Planting Season:\u003c\/strong\u003e Autumn and winter, so plants establish before summer wind and dry.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil \u0026amp; Drainage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Suits heavy clays, peats, sands and seasonally or permanently damp ground, including mildly saline soils. Good drainage is not required, and it also grows acceptably on ordinary garden soil.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEstablishment Care:\u003c\/strong\u003e Water weekly through the first summer on drier sites, and very little at all on naturally wet ground. Mulch to 75mm to suppress weed competition while plants knit together, and trim lightly after flowering if a tighter hedge line is wanted, since it responds well to shaping.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003ePlant Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3 to 8m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWidth:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3 to 5m, spreading further by suckers\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth Rate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fast\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFoliage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Evergreen\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e Full sun to part shade\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNative to:\u003c\/strong\u003e Coastal and near coastal south eastern Australia, including Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower Colour:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cream to white\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nursery Direct","offers":[{"title":"400mm","offer_id":59795380961566,"sku":"ND-1193-400MM","price":800.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/2536\/8862\/files\/dE1kWLsPKaqHKp3zuRwQ9_ITN8cb8w.jpg?v=1787314674","url":"https:\/\/nurserydirect.com.au\/products\/melaleuca-ericifolia-mornington-peninsula","provider":"Nursery Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}