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Other details: Drought-tolerant; suitable for xeriscaping Self-sows freely; deadhead if you do not want volunteer seedlings next season Flowers are good for cutting
On Jan 2, 2006, growin from Vancouver, BC (Zone 8b) wrote:
Successfully cultivated in zone 8b. Blue-grey foliage, sprays of white flowers in May/June/July. Shrub may grow upright and lean. Suggest pruning to prevent lankey growth. Prefers well drained location or planting in raised bed.
On Jun 17, 2003, kennedyh from Churchill, Victoria Australia (Zone 10a) wrote:
The Leptospermums are collectively known as tea-trees, because their aromatic foliage was used by early settlers to make a substitute for tea. This species grows in sandy swamps in south-eastern Australia, including Tasmania. It is very attractive in flower, covered in white five-petalled flowers. The fruit are hard woody capsules, retained on the shrub. In this species, the capsules have a woolly coating, giving rise to the common name. It is usually a large spreading shrub, but in wet swamps, can grow to a tall slender tree of up to 18 metres. It is common in cultivation and I grew one when I lived in Tasmania, which did very well and flowered well each year.
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