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Large-leaf yellow teatree

Leptospermum morrisonii

Also called Burgundy tea tree

Large-leaf yellow teatree
Photo: Nicholas de Jong, CC BY 3.0 au

Leptospermum morrisonii is a strongly aromatic shrub or small tree from south-east New South Wales, usually 2 to 5 m tall, grown for its foliage and white flowers. Give it full sun and well-drained soil; it is grown in gardens as a native shrub rather than a common houseplant.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then let the soil dry between waterings; it tolerates dry spells once mature.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gritty soil; tolerates poor, rocky ground.
Temperature
Hardy in temperate and subtropical climates; protect young plants from hard frost.
How easy
Easy
Native range
New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Leptospermum morrisonii is a shrub or small tree that is endemic to New South Wales. It has strongly aromatic, elliptical to lance-shaped or curved leaves, white or greenish white flowers and fruit that remain on the plant. It occurs in the south-east of the state.

Where it grows

This tea-tree grows in woodland and shrubland in rocky paces and on rocky creek banks from the southern Blue Mountains to the Corang River further south.

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 morrisonii 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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