Botanical Name: Common Names:
Leptospermum hybrida Pink Cascade Tea Tree,
Native: Foliage Type:
Yes Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Hedging / Screening, Shrubs Spreading
Description:
Fast growing, evergreen native shrub with pendulous branching and little pink flowers covering the branches in Spring. Great for small gardens. Makes an excellent feature plant, informal hedge or windbreak. Grows approx. 80cm tall x 1-1.5m wide.
Mature Height: Mature Width:
60cm-1m 1-2m
Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun, Semi Shade Any, Clay, Loam, Sandy, Well Drained
Landscape Use(s)
Bird Attracting, Borders / Shrubbery, Coastal Garden, Courtyard, Cut Flower, Embankment, Erosion Control, Feature, Foliage Feature / Colour, Fragrant Garden, Habitat, Hedging / Screening, Low Water Garden, Mass Planting, Park And Gardens, Playgrounds, Rockery, Wind Break, Container / Pot
Pests & Diseases: Generally trouble free
Cultural Notes: Do not cultivate around the roots. Can be lightly pruned to keep looking neat and tidy. Benefits from an annual application of Blood and Bone or native fertiliser.
Plant Care
Keep moist during dry periods, Low phosphorus slow release fertiliser, Mulch well
Family Name: Origin:
Myrtaceae Australia
Characteristics
Foliage Colour: Green
Flower Colour: Pink
Flower Fragrant: No
Flowering Season: Spring, Summer
Fruit: Insignificant
Requirements Tolerances
Growth Rate: Moderate
Maintenance Level: Low
Water Usage: Low
Drought: Medium / Moderate
Frost: Moderate
Wind: Medium / Moderate
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