Moderate to fast rate of growth. Bark is thick and spongy. Leaves are simple and about 1 inch long. Margin is entire. Flowers are a beautiful pink to lavender color in summer.
Fruit is a capsule.
Can be used in the landscape as a mass, border hedge or small tree. Tolerates lawn watering or can get by on very little supplemental water. Plant 1st exposure seacoast to inland valley. As a tree is sort of a miniature Cajeput tree. On a healthy specimen, secondary branches may droop to ground.