Leptospermum continentale|Prickly Tea-tree
Cardinia indigenous plant guide
- Description
- Narrow upright prickly shrub with smooth bark on smaller stems, shedding in stringy strips.
- Size (W x H)
- 1-2m x 1-4m
- Leaves
- Rigid prickly leaves, narrowly egg-shaped, broadest at base, concave, tiny teeth along the margins, 5-13mm x 1-3.5mm.
- Flowers
- Flowers massed along stems, petals and sepals white, calyx and capsule hairless.
- Flower colour
- White
- Flower time
- October to March
- Growing conditions
- Well drained to moist sandy and light clay soils. Widespread in woodland, heathlands and beside watercourses. Frost and snow tolerant. Full sun to partial shade.
- Commonly used for
- An adaptable plant which can be very narrow, or more bushy. Pruning beneficial. Excellent habitat plant or for directing pedestrian traffic. Very floriferous.
- Available at indigenous nursery
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- Attracts birds
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- Attracts butterflies
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- Photo gallery
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- Acknowledgement
- Thank you to Shire of Yarra Ranges for assistance in compiling this directory
