{"product_id":"leptospermum-obovatum-starry-night","title":"Starry Night Tea Tree - Leptospermum obovatum ‘Starry Night’","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrice includes everything:\u003c\/strong\u003e the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eStarry Night Tea Tree - Leptospermum obovatum ‘Starry Night’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStarry Night is grown for its foliage at least as much as its flowers. A selection of the river tea tree \u003cem\u003eLeptospermum obovatum\u003c\/em\u003e, it holds deep bronze-purple leaves right through the year, darkening further as temperatures drop, then smothers itself in small white flowers through spring. It is the sensible choice where a dark-leaved hedge is wanted but Photinia or Loropetalum would sulk in a cold, wet winter or a seasonally damp soil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eWhy Starry Night\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePurple Foliage\u003c\/strong\u003e: Deep bronze-purple leaves give a hedge that reads almost black against pale walls and gravel.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCold Intensifies Colour\u003c\/strong\u003e: Winter and frost deepen the purple rather than damaging it, so the colour peaks when gardens need it most.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDamp Ground Tolerance\u003c\/strong\u003e: Its parent species grows along river flats, so it copes with soils that stay wet through winter better than most tea trees.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFull To The Base\u003c\/strong\u003e: Naturally twiggy and dense, forming a solid low screen without staking or heavy pruning.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpring Flowering\u003c\/strong\u003e: A heavy flush of small white flowers in spring pulls in native bees and hoverflies.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eIdeal Applications\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContrast Hedge\u003c\/strong\u003e: Used as a dark clipped band it separates and lifts silver and lime-green planting around it.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSwale And Creek Line\u003c\/strong\u003e: Suits raingardens, swale batters and seasonally damp low points where drainage is imperfect.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNative Cottage Border\u003c\/strong\u003e: Works as the structural middle layer among westringia, correa and native daisies.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLow Windbreak\u003c\/strong\u003e: Planted in a double staggered row it filters wind across exposed courtyards and vegetable gardens.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eSpecimen \u0026amp; Installation\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (screening\/hedge):\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 to 1.2m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (feature\/avenue):\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 to 2m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBest Planting Season:\u003c\/strong\u003e Autumn or spring across temperate Australia\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil \u0026amp; Drainage:\u003c\/strong\u003e More adaptable than most tea trees, accepting heavier and seasonally damp soils, though not permanent bog. Keep phosphorus low and avoid rich manures.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEstablishment Care:\u003c\/strong\u003e Water twice weekly for the first six weeks, then weekly through the first summer. Tip prune lightly after flowering from year one and never cut back into bare old wood, because tea trees rarely reshoot from leafless stems.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003ePlant Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 to 3m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWidth:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 to 2m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth Rate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fast\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFoliage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Evergreen\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e Full sun, as foliage colour washes out in shade\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNative to:\u003c\/strong\u003e Southeastern Australia. The species grows along watercourses in New South Wales and Victoria\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower Colour:\u003c\/strong\u003e White\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nursery Direct","offers":[{"title":"400mm","offer_id":59795319849246,"sku":"ND-1070-400MM","price":800.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":59795319882014,"sku":"ND-1070-45L","price":800.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"75L","offer_id":59795319914782,"sku":"ND-1070-75L","price":875.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/2536\/8862\/files\/UlK1pv05jAWq3HWabTCJa_4I5Bu0ja.jpg?v=1787313251","url":"https:\/\/nurserydirect.com.au\/products\/leptospermum-obovatum-starry-night","provider":"Nursery Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}