Leptospermum scoparium
(manuka, tea tree)
Details:
Foliage Colour: | Green |
Height: | 300 cm |
Width: | 200 cm |
Growth per Annum: | Fast |
Climate: | Hardy |
Sun: | Full Sun |
Soil: | Dry, Moist |
Category: | Tree |
Features: | Native. Attractive to birds, bees, lizards and insects. Flower colour: White. Suitable for hedging and shelter. Suitable restoration species. |
A fast growing shrub with abundant white flowers in Summer. The flowers are attractive to bees. The leaves are very small and prickly to touch where as kanuka leaves are soft to touch. Both manuka and kanuka are used as a nurse crop with other early colonizing plants for revegetation / restoration planting and are also very effective in erosion control.
Habitat: Abundant from coastal situations to low alpine habitats.
Flowering: December to March
Fruiting: Throughout the year
Prices
Each | 20 or more | 50 or more | |
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2l Pot | $8.50 | $8.00 | $ |