{"product_id":"melaleuca-squarrosa","title":"Scented Paperbark - Melaleuca squarrosa","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\u003eScented Paperbark - Melaleuca squarrosa\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScented Paperbark is the melaleuca for wet, peaty, acid ground, and it flowers in a way that makes the whole plant hum with bees. \u003cem\u003eMelaleuca squarrosa\u003c\/em\u003e carries small ovate leaves arranged in four neat ranks along the stem, so the foliage has a distinctive squared off, tightly stacked look, and in late spring it produces upright cream to pale yellow bottlebrush spikes with a strong honey fragrance. Its papery layered bark and dense upright habit make it as useful as a screening shrub as it is in wetland restoration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eWhy Scented Paperbark\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHoney Scented Flowers\u003c\/strong\u003e: Upright cream to lemon bottlebrushes in late spring and early summer are noticeably fragrant, unusual among melaleucas.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFour Ranked Foliage\u003c\/strong\u003e: Small leaves in four tight rows give the stems a neat geometric structure and a fine dense texture.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBoggy Soil Specialist\u003c\/strong\u003e: It occupies peaty swamps and creek flats in the wild and accepts prolonged wet feet in cultivation.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLayered Papery Bark\u003c\/strong\u003e: Soft cream and grey bark peels in sheets, giving interest at trunk level in an otherwise dense shrub.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCold Hardiness\u003c\/strong\u003e: Native to cool southern districts including Tasmania, it handles frost readily.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eIdeal Applications\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWet Site Screening\u003c\/strong\u003e: Forms a dense two to four metre screen in the damp low ground where most screening shrubs cannot be used.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCreek and Swale Revegetation\u003c\/strong\u003e: A standard species for riparian and peat swamp restoration across Victoria and Tasmania.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBee and Insect Planting\u003c\/strong\u003e: The scented flowers are heavily worked by native bees, hoverflies and beetles.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCool Climate Native Garden\u003c\/strong\u003e: Suits Gippsland, the Otways, the Peninsula and Tasmanian gardens with reliable rainfall.\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 1.5m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (feature\/avenue):\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.5 to 3m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBest Planting Season:\u003c\/strong\u003e Autumn and winter in southern Australia, or spring on genuinely waterlogged sites as levels drop.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil \u0026amp; Drainage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Prefers acid, peaty, moisture retentive soils and tolerates seasonal inundation. It will grow on ordinary garden soil provided it does not dry out badly, but dislikes alkaline and drought prone positions.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEstablishment Care:\u003c\/strong\u003e Keep the root zone consistently moist through the first two summers rather than allowing it to swing between wet and dry. Mulch to 75mm to hold moisture and suppress weeds, and prune lightly straight after flowering each year to maintain density, as older unpruned plants become open at the base.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003ePlant Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 to 5m, occasionally to 8m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWidth:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 to 3m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth Rate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Moderate to 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 South eastern Australia, including Victoria, southern New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower Colour:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cream to pale yellow\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nursery Direct","offers":[{"title":"400mm","offer_id":59795374899486,"sku":"ND-1201-400MM","price":800.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/2536\/8862\/files\/GCQ5GfNhpQCuaKkB-btvJ_wITyrUoQ.jpg?v=1787314522","url":"https:\/\/nurserydirect.com.au\/products\/melaleuca-squarrosa","provider":"Nursery Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}