THYME HONEY MYRTLE Melaleuca thymifolia Seeds

Melaleuca thymifolia is an evergreen shrub that can grow up to 1 00 metres tall
It is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of materials

Range Australia New South Wales, Queensland

Requires a fertile, well drained moisture retentive lime free soil in full sun Prefers a soil that does not contain much nitrogen

Good for screening and hedging, native gardens, wildlife gardens

It is long lived and recovers well from drought and other setbacks

The plant has delicate reddish young stems and blue green foliage, both spicily aromatic when bruised

Flower are rich mauve in spring and summer and bluish purple in early winter, flowers often open eight months of the year, freely around late November and then slowly till autumn when another flush occurs

Bush tucker: The flowers of Melaleuca varieties produce sweet nectar and you can suck the nectar out, or soak the flowers in water to make a sweet drink