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Tea Plant, New Zealand Tea - Hardy to 10F (-12.2C); Does best in a sandy loam, well drained, in full sun. Excellent container or greenhouse plant. Grow in full sun or partial shade in warmer climates.
Manuka - Leptospermum scoparium - Tender perennial -
Culinary,
Medicinal - Pretty shrub native to Australia and New Zealand
with
narrow
stiff alternating leaves and white, five-petaled flowers about 1/2in.
in
diameter. Immigrants to New Zealand commonly boiled the leaves as a
substitute
for tea. The Maori used the tea for treating kidney &
bladder
complaints
and the common cold.
CULTIVARS
Atlantis - Pretty cultivar with double red blooms. Very
striking
small tree or shrub. Height: 8ft.
#P3008 Plant $14.95 |
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Blossom - Large coral pink blooms fade to white. Evergreen shrub
makes a good specimen or container plant in cooler climates. Height:
8ft.
#P3009 Plant $14.95 |
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Sunraysia - Double white blooms are streaked with pink. Very
unusual.
Height: 7ft.
#P3011 Plant $14.95 |
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