Tea Tree

Ideal for pots and seaside gardens
Profusion of single, pale pink flowers from late winter through early spring. Compact evergreen shrub with armomatic small olive-bronze leaves.

Height and Spread in 10 years:
30cm x 45cm (12in x 18in)

Position: A sheltered sunny wall preferring a fertile acid and well-drained soil.

Planting: Soak the rootball before planting. Plant in a hole twice the diameter of the root-ball or pot. Mix an acid organic soil improver and general fertiliser with the infill soil. Water regularly until established.

Care: Frost hardy, but needs shelter from cold north and east winds. Thrives in seaside gardens.

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