Judicious pruning should be carried out to expose the trunk and lower branches so that this feature can be accentuated. The cream flowers, in brushes, are borne at the ends of the branches and are seen from September to November. In cultivation it seems to be adaptable to a few soil types but mainly prefers slightly heavy, moist soils. It needs protection from wind and seems to prefer full sunlight. Newly growing tips have been observed to be slightly burnt by frost, but otherwise the species is frost hardy.
Liquid fertilisers are also useful when the plant is young.
The species is easily propagated by both seed and cuttings. Melaleuca cuticularis can be used as a tall, informal hedge or as a specimen plant for damper areas. Some small attacks by webbing caterpillars have been noted and scale insects have also been seen. Control methods may be recommended by horticultural advisers. Melaleuca cuticularis Melaleuca - from the Greek, melas , meaning black, and leukos , white.