Botanical Name: Common Names:
Leptospermum brachyandrum Silver Silver Weeping Tea Tree,
Native: Foliage Type:
Yes Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Hedging / Screening, Trees Dense, Shrub Like, Weeping
Description:
An attractive small tree with gently weeping branches, white trunks and silver dusted foliage and small white flowers occurring in spring. Creates a stunning screening plant with its arching branches and silver foliage. Also ideal as a specimen plant. Grows approx. 4-6m H x 4m W.
Mature Height: Mature Width:
4-10m 2-4m
Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun Any, Clay, Loam, Sandy, Well Drained
Landscape Use(s)
Borders / Shrubbery, Feature, Foliage Feature / Colour, Habitat, Hedging / Screening, Low Water Garden, Park And Gardens, Native Garden
Pests & Diseases: Generally trouble free, Myrtlepest And Disease Rust
Cultural Notes:
Plant Care
Low phosphorus slow release fertiliser, Mulch well
Family Name: Origin:
Myrtaceae Africa
Characteristics
Foliage Colour: Silver
Flower Colour: White
Flower Fragrant: No
Flowering Season: Spring
Fruit: Insignificant
Requirements Tolerances
Growth Rate: Moderate
Maintenance Level: Low
Water Usage: Low
Drought: High
Frost: Moderate
Wind: Medium / Moderate
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