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10 lis 2022 · The New Zealand tea tree (Leptospermum scoparium) is an upright evergreen shrub that features small, prickly, needle-like leaves, which are aromatic when crushed. In early summer, the plant produces showy single or double white, pink, or red blossoms that are attractive to bees and other pollinators.
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Leptospermum scoparium (Tea Tree) is an upright evergreen shrub with small, aromatic (when crushed), needle-like leaves and showy flowers in late spring and summer. Borne along the stems, the blooms may be single or double, in shades of red, pink, or white depending on the varieties.
L. scoparium grows best in full sun to partial shade when placed outdoors. It should never grow outdoors in regions where temperatures drop below 40° degrees Fahrenheit (4° C). If cultivated indoors, place the plant near a window where it can get bright sunlight throughout the morning and afternoon.
21 wrz 2016 · Requirements. Bloomtime Range: Late Spring to Mid Summer. USDA Hardiness Zone: 9 to 10. AHS Heat Zone: Not defined for this plant. Light Range: Part Shade to Full Sun. pH Range: 5 to 6.5. Soil Range: Sandy Loam to Clay Loam. Water Range: Normal to Moist. Plant Care. Fertilizing. How-to : Fertilization for Established Plants.
The small, aromatic, dark green leaves are the source of an essential oil used medicinally for centuries by the Māori people. In late spring and early summer it bears a profusion of shallowly cup-shaped white flowers; bees that feed on these flowers produce the famous manuka honey.
Leptospermum scoparium ‘Ruby Glow’ (Tea Tree) is an upright, densely branched, evergreen shrub with small, aromatic (when crushed), needle-like, dark-green leaves often tinged with pink in cool weather. In late spring and early summer, a profusion of rich ruby-red fully double flowers are borne along the stems.
The leptospermum which we grow in the nursery are reasonably hardy. Nearly all are named forms of Leptospermum scoparium, the ‘Manuka’ or ‘New Zealand Tea Tree’. They thrive in the West Country and are generally very easy to grow outside in the right conditions.
