Leptospermum Scoparium "Pink Tea Tree" 10Liter
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Leptospermum Scoparium "Pink Tea Tree" 10Liter
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Weight: 10.00 kg
🌿 Leptospermum scoparium – Pink Tea Tree
Botanical Name: Leptospermum scoparium
Common Names: Pink Tea Tree, Manuka, New Zealand Tea Tree, Leptospermum, Pink Leptospermum
📌 Product Description
Leptospermum scoparium, commonly known as Pink Tea Tree, is a compact, evergreen shrub admired for its attractive fine-textured foliage and abundant soft pink flowers that bloom in spring and summer. This low-maintenance shrub brings a subtle, elegant colour to gardens while attracting bees, butterflies, and other pollinators.
Native to New Zealand, this variety is well-suited to coastal, temperate, and subtropical South African gardens. Its neat, bushy growth habit makes it ideal for borders, hedges, rockeries, and container planting.
📏 Size When Fully Grown
- Height: 1 – 1.5 m
- Spread: 1 – 1.2 m
- Growth Habit: Compact, rounded evergreen shrub
- Growth Rate: Moderate
🌱 Best Growing Conditions
- Light: Full sun to light partial shade
- Soil: Well-drained soil; tolerates sandy and slightly acidic soils
- Water:
- Moderate watering during establishment
- Drought-tolerant once established
- Feeding: Light compost or slow-release fertiliser in spring
- Maintenance:
- Light pruning after flowering maintains compact shape
- Remove old or damaged stems to encourage new growth
- Moderate watering during establishment
- Drought-tolerant once established
- Light pruning after flowering maintains compact shape
- Remove old or damaged stems to encourage new growth
🌦️ Planting & Growing Season (South Africa)
- Best Planting Time: Spring or autumn
- Flowering Season: Spring to early summer
- Growing Season: Spring and summer
- Climate Suitability: Coastal, temperate, and subtropical regions
- Frost Tolerance: Tolerates light frost once established
🌼 Additional Benefits
- Delicate soft pink flowers provide long-lasting colour
- Evergreen, fine-textured foliage adds garden interest year-round
- Attracts bees, butterflies, and other pollinators
- Compact and low-maintenance
- Suitable for coastal and container gardens
🌿 Ideal Uses
✔ Low hedge or border
✔ Container and patio planting
✔ Coastal and subtropical gardens
✔ Rockeries and mixed shrub borders
✔ Pollinator-friendly landscapes
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