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Leptospermum scoparium 'Gaiety Girl'


Leptospermum scoparium 'Gaiety Girl'

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
A hardy colourful small bushy tree with aromatic foliage on erect branches with brown flaky bark. The leaves have a reddish tinge on green. It has exquisite double flowers in unusual tones of pink tinted lilac in late winter and spring. Wonderful food for the bees. This is a cultivar of our most common native tree, it grows naturally in many different sites and is very hardy. Great for growing in difficult ground.

 
Genus
Leptospermum
Species   scoparium
Cultivar   'Gaiety Girl'

Common name
Manuka

Family name
Myrtaceae
Place of origin
New Zealand


DETAILS
Height
2 m
Width
1 m
(expected growth in average NZ conditions in 5 to 10 years)
Leaves
Evergreen

Soil Type
Grows in most soil types

Moisture
Tolerates dry soils / Tolerates wet soils

Exposure
Frost hardy / Grows in exposed or coastal sites. / Grows in sun or semi-shade


Trees

Category
Small 4.5 to 9 metres.
Availability
All our current stock has been dispatched out to retailers. If they have none left for you, we are growing another crop to supply as soon as possible.
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