Melaleuca Linariifolia "Snow In Summer" - "Budjur" Seeds

Family: Myrtaceae 

Preparation: Smoke treatment may assist growth.  

Sprouting: 6-42 days. 

Also known as snow-in-summer, narrow-leaved paperbark, flax-leaved paperbark and in the language of the Gadigal people as budjur.

A plant in the Myrtaceae family endemic to New South Wales and Queensland. Melaleuca linariifolia is a small tree growing to a height of 6–10m with distinctive and attractive white or creamy white, papery bark and a dense canopy. The flowers are white to creamy-white, perfumed and arranged in spikes on the ends of branches which continue to grow after flowering.  A hardy plant, it flowers in late spring or summer, making it a popular garden shrub or small tree in mild to moderate climates. 

Melaleuca linariifolia is cultivated as an ornamental tree for parks and gardens and is also used as a screen or windbreak.  It is also popular as a nature strip tree in Melbourne in Victoria.  It tolerates both dry and boggy conditions and is frost hardy. It should be planted with caution as it can damage wastewater pipes, and is easily ignitable, so should not be planted in f1re-prone areas. It is a food or habitat source for n@tive an1mals, including many in$ects.

Photo of flower: Tatiana Gerus from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons; retrieved 25May 2024 –4.24pm AEST and edited using Canva.

 Photo of seeds: - June Parkin; Location: Sydney NSW, Australia; Date: 6OCT2023

The Chakra Garden cannot take any responsibility for any adverse effects from the use of plants. 

Always seek advice from a professional before eating or using a plant medicinally. 

****Please note: these are seeds (we are NOT selling these as live plants). Quarantine restrictions and costs prohibit us from selling these seeds to WA, Tas, and Internationally.