From a distance, melaleuca trees are attractive, with creamy white blossoms and a papery bark. But move in for a closer look and, ugh, that smell. “I live near them and they drive me crazy ...

A: Paperbark tree (Melaleuca quinquenervia) is indeed invasive in Florida. It was introduced there in 1906 and in 1936 it was sown in the Everglades from an airplane with the intention of drying ...

Pink melaleuca, or showy honey-myrtle (Melaleuca nesophila), has lavender pink pompon flowers. Australian tea tree (Leptospermum laevigatum) is named for the potable made from its leaves.

Melaleuca bracteata and other species of tea tree contain an important essential oil simply known as tea tree oil. This oil ...

A small patch of southwest Broward that is filled with non-native melaleuca trees that normally would fall victim to development has been saved so that birds can continue to roost there.On May 18 ...