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Leptospermum emarginatum

Leptospermum emarginatum
Photo: Jackie Miles, CC BY 3.0 au

Twin-flower tea-tree is a small aromatic shrub native to south-eastern Australia, growing along river banks and rocky creeks, typically 1.5 to 4 m tall. It is grown for its white flowers and tolerance of moist, free-draining sites.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep moist while establishing, then water during dry spells; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Free-draining, slightly acidic loam or sandy soil.
Temperature
Tolerates cool to mild temperatures; frost hardy in mild climates, protect young plants below about -5 °C.
How easy
Easy
Native range
New South Wales to Victoria
Climate
subtropical

About

Leptospermum emarginatum, commonly known as the twin-flower tea-tree or twin flower teatree, is a species of shrub that is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It has rough bark on the older stems, lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base and a small notch at the tip, white flowers in groups of up to five and hemispherical fruit that falls off when mature.

Where it grows

The twin-flower tea-tree grows along river banks and rocky creeks in coastal areas south from the Grose River in New South Wales to near Heyfield in Victoria.

Other Leptospermum plants

Tea Trees · Leptospermum amboinense · Aggreflorum anfractum · Spidery Tea Tree · Leptospermum argenteum · Leptospermum barneyense · Aggreflorum benwellii · Gaudium blakelyi · Aggreflorum brachyandrum · Gaudium confertum · Prickly Tea Tree · Gaudium coriaceum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Leptospermum emarginatum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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