Leptospermum Silver - tea tree
If Elsa and Anna grew a garden in Arendelle, they'd plant this beautiful native hedge all around.
Slender leaves shimmer silver-white, as if dusted with frost; dark winter bark peels away to reveal snowy-white spring trunks; and in early summer the branches sparkle with white star blossoms.
Leptospermum brachyandrum, Aggreflorum brachyandrum 'Silver' - silver tea-tree
APPEARANCE : Native shrub or small tree with slender leaves, grey-silver year round; and dark old bark that peels off in sandy pink strips to reveal white new bark beneath. Small white open flowers in late spring-early summer. This plant was originally classified as Kunzea, then Leptospermum, and has recently been renamed as Aggreflorum.
ORIGIN : Found along the east coast from Central Coast NSW to Far North QLD, especially in creeks or alongside rivers.
USE FOR : In any garden where you have the room to enjoy the dappled shade it creates. Tall privacy hedging, mixed borders. Wet and seasonally flooding soils.
CLIMATE : Frost tolerant in sheltered spots once established. Grows happily in humidity.
PLANTING : Grows in sun or shade. Plant in free draining soil rich in organic matter.
CARE : Mulch and water well until the plant is established, usually around 12 weeks. Prune as required; fertilise using a slow release native fertiliser yearly after flowering.
MATURE HEIGHT & WIDTH : 4-6 m H x 4 m W.
YOUR PLANTS : These are tubestock plants, healthy young plants with new roots that will establish quickly in your garden. The pot size is 80mm high and 42 mm wide.
You can see an example in the image gallery.
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