Leptospermum grandiflorum
(Large-flowered Tea Tree)
Family - Myrtaceae
Category - Shrub
Origin - Tasmania
Discovered By - Harold Comber, plantsman
Year of Introduction - 1930
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
Hardiness - H3
Height - up to 3m
Width - up to 2m
Location - The White Garden
Description: A medium-sized Evergreen Shrub with an upright, bushy habit. Small aromatic leaves are ovate to Elliptic in shape and are an attractive shade of grey-green. Saucer-shaped flowers are snow-white with red centres. The Blooms are held singly along the branches and are produced from mid to late summer.
Flower:
Saucer-shaped flowers are snow-white with red centres. The blooms are held singly on the upright, spreading branches and are produced in July and August.
Flower colour: White
Flower shape: Saucer-shaped flowers held singly
Flowering time: July, August
Foliage:
Small, aromatic leaves are grey-green and ovate to Elliptic in shape. Each leaf is covered in fine, soft white hairs. The leaves are Alternately arranged along the branches.
Foliage Senescence: Evergreen
Foliage Shape: Ovate to elliptic
Propagation:
Cuttings, seed.
Cultivation:
Best in a sheltered position in full sun to partial shade in fertile, moisture retentive soil that is well drained.