Botanical Name
Melaleuca fulgens ‘Hot Pink’
Common Name
Hot Pink Honey Myrtle
Description
Hot Pink Honey Myrtle is a showy native shrub renowned for its spectacular hot pink bottlebrush flowers beautifully tipped with gold that creates stunning displays in Australian gardens. This attractive cultivar produces masses of vibrant hot pink cylindrical flower spikes from spring to summer with occasional winter blooming, attracting honeyeaters and native bees while providing excellent honey production potential. The evergreen foliage creates attractive coverage that can be left natural or pruned regularly to encourage denser habit and more prolific flowering. Hardy and adaptable once established, it thrives in moist but well-drained soils and full sun to partial shade positions with regular feeding beneficial. Perfect for feature plantings, honey gardens, and areas where showy native shrubs with spectacular pink flowering create memorable landscape displays.
Plant Category
Medium Shrubs
Size (H x W)
Height: 2.5 meters, Spread: 1.5 meters
Melaleuca fulgens naturally occurs in Western Australia, thriving in moist but well-drained soils with good drainage and full sun to partial shade exposure in Mediterranean-type climates.
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