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LEPTOSPERMUM
Commonly known as Australian tea tree
All flower APR-JUL. They can be grown successfully outdoors in most of the country providing they are planted in a hot, dry and very well sheltered location. If these conditions are not available, then they should be grown in pots or containers in an ericaceous compost and brought into the greenhouse for the winter
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Bee Friendly
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Pests & Diseases - none.
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Place of Origin - Australia (Tasmania).
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Height - to 2m (6ft)
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Spread - to 2m (6ft)
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Evergreen - narrow-elliptic leaves to 2cm (¾in) long.
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Medium Shrub - Typically grow to around 4-6 feet in height - rounded shrub.
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Full Shade
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Partial Shade
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Neutral to acid soil - will tolerate a moist site with a low nutrient soil.
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Leptospermum - Growing Guide
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Buy Varieties of LEPTOSPERMUM

LEPTOSPERMUM grandiflorum >
Commonly known as: Mountain tea tree, Rodwayanum tea tree.
Single saucer-shaped white flowers in summer and silky hairy white stems. Frost hardy

LEPTOSPERMUM karo 'Pearl Star' >
Commonly known as: Australian tea tree.
Bright cerise-pink flowers with a green centre. Bright green leaves. An excellent patio plant. A welcome new addition to the range and variety of leptospermums

LEPTOSPERMUM karo 'Spectro Bay' >
Commonly known as: Australian tea tree.
Bright mauve-pink flowers with a green centre in profusion in late spring. An impressive new introduction

LEPTOSPERMUM macrocarpum 'Copper Sheen' >
Commonly known as: Australian tea tree.
Distinctive bronzy-purple young leaves and single white flowers

LEPTOSPERMUM rotundifolia >
Commonly known as: Australian tea tree.
(Jervis Bay form) - single pink, sometimes white relatively large flowers. Glossy grey-green leaves


LEPTOSPERMUM scoparium 'Appleblossom' >
Commonly known as: Manuka, New Zealand tea tree.
Double pale-pink flowers

LEPTOSPERMUM scoparium 'Blossom' >
Commonly known as: Manuka, New Zealand tea tree.
Double pale pink, one of the best varieties for pot growing

LEPTOSPERMUM scoparium 'Burgundy Queen' >
Commonly known as: Manuka, New Zealand tea tree.
Bronzed foliage, double red flowers

LEPTOSPERMUM scoparium 'Coral Candy' >
Commonly known as: Manuka, New Zealand tea tree.
Double pinkish-white flowers

LEPTOSPERMUM scoparium 'Jubilee' >
Commonly known as: Manuka, New Zealand tea tree.
Double pink flowers which deepen to rose-red, bushy habit

LEPTOSPERMUM scoparium 'Martini' >
Commonly known as: Manuka, New Zealand tea tree.
Profuse large pink flowers turning deeper with age

LEPTOSPERMUM scoparium nanum 'Kea' >
Commonly known as: Manuka, New Zealand tea tree.
Pale pink single flowers. Compact dwarf habit


LEPTOSPERMUM scoparium 'Nichollsii' >
Commonly known as: Manuka, New Zealand tea tree.
Red flowers and purple-bronze foliage

LEPTOSPERMUM scoparium 'Pink Cascade' >
Commonly known as: Manuka, New Zealand tea tree.
Prostrate form, single pink


LEPTOSPERMUM scoparium 'Red Damask' >
Commonly known as: Manuka, New Zealand tea tree.
Double dark red flowers and dark green leaves

LEPTOSPERMUM scoparium 'Snow Flurry' >
Commonly known as: Manuka, New Zealand tea tree.
Double white

LEPTOSPERMUM scoparium 'Winter Cheer' >
Commonly known as: Manuka, New Zealand tea tree.
Red-tinted green leaves and semi-double bright red flowers

LEPTOSPERMUM scoparium 'Wiri Joan' >
Commonly known as: Manuka, New Zealand tea tree.
A new variety with small bright red double flowers early in the season

LEPTOSPERMUM scoparium 'Wiri Linda' >
Commonly known as: Manuka, New Zealand tea tree.
Double white flowers with a hint of pink


LEPTOSPERMUM 'Silver Sheen' >
Commonly known as: Manuka, New Zealand tea tree.
Silvery foliage and red stems. White flowers in summer
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