Australian tea tree

Quick growing shrub, with lush, scented foliage. White, butterfly attracting flowers in spring. Leaves are crushed to separate medicinal oils. Ancient aboriginal remedy for many skin irritations and insect repellent.

Other articles where Australian tea tree is discussed: Leptospermum: …are called tea trees: the Australian tea tree (Leptospermum laevigatum), growing to a height of 6 m (20 feet), has shredding bark and white flowers. It is used for reclamation planting and erosion control on sandy soils. The woolly tea tree (L. lanigerum) differs in having fuzzy young shoots. The…

Blue-green or grey-green, elliptical foliage 1-3 cm long with new growth having silky hairs. Five petalled white flowers with a pink-red ring around the green centre receptacle occur in a spectacular display on short stalks from the leaf axils from mid-winter to mid-spring.

Leptospermum laevigatum - Large shrub or low-lying tree with smooth bark, small white flowers.

For awhile I had a New Zealand Tea Tree (Leptospermum scoparium) growing in a large pot in my back yard. Several varieties of this species can be found in the nursery trade. This dark red variety is my favorite, and it is quite popular in California. Later on, when I visited New Zealand, I was able to actually walk through a forest of wild tea trees, which the New Zealanders call "manuka" trees. But all of them, even the ones in cultivation, had white or pale pink flowers.

Coast Teatree from Kurnell, NSW, AU on September 23, 2022 at 03:54 PM by bryce_liddell. Myrtaceae as loculicidal capsule present. Leptospermum as stamens shorter than petals. laevig...

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Leptospermum tea tree 'Vertical Drop'