Leptospermum scoparium, Manuka x 30 Landscape Grade

Description

30 Landscape Grade plants. You would normally expect to pay about $9.00 each at a garden centre for these.

Leptospermum scoparium,

Manuka

Manuka (sometimes called Tea tree) is a small twiggy tree with small dark green leaves. The white single flowers, sometimes blushed with pink, are carried over an extremely long season, covering the bush

Ideal for getting your Native Patch established.

Currently about 250mm plus tall

These plants are extremely healthy, Out door grown in South Canterbury’s harsh conditions. Grown in Pots 85mm x 85mm x 90mm.

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Description

It is a prolific scrub-type tree and is often one of the first species to regenerate on cleared land. It is typically a shrub growing to 5 meters tall, but can grow into a moderately sized tree, up to 15 meters or so in height. It is evergreen.

This species is often confused with the closely related species Kanuka. The easiest way to tell the difference between the two species in the field is to feel their foliage Manuka leaves are prickly, while Kenuka leaves are soft.The wood is tough and hard.

M = Mean

K = Kind

History and habitat

Evidence suggests that L. scoparium originated in Australia before the onset of the Miocene aridity, and dispersed relatively recently from eastern Australia to New Zealand.^[3] It is likely that on arrival in New Zealand, L. scoparium became established in limited edaphically suitable areas until the arrival of Polynesian man, whose fire and forest-clearing brought about the low-nutrient-status soils for which it was preadapted in its homeland^{[citation needed]}. It is now found throughout New Zealand, but is particularly common on the drier east coasts of the North and South Islands, and in Australia in Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales.

Names

Mānuka (from Māori) is the common name used along with “jelly bush” and “tea tree” in Australia and to a lesser extent also in New Zealand. This name arose because Captain Cook used the leaves to make a ‘tea’ drink.^[4] The common name “tea tree” is also shared with the related melaleuca tree of Australia, suggesting that both were used to make tea by Captain Cook.