{"product_id":"melaleuca-alternifolia","title":"Tea Tree - Melaleuca alternifolia","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\u003eTea Tree - Melaleuca alternifolia\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the tea tree behind tea tree oil, grown on plantation scale on the northern rivers of New South Wales and equally at home in a garden. \u003cem\u003eMelaleuca alternifolia\u003c\/em\u003e makes a slender small tree with soft, fine, needle like aromatic foliage and papery white bark that peels in sheets, topped in late spring by fluffy white bottlebrush spikes. It is chosen where a light, feathery evergreen is wanted that tolerates both damp ground and dry spells, and it screens without the heaviness of a lilly pilly or photinia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eWhy Tea Tree\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoft Aromatic Foliage\u003c\/strong\u003e: Fine needle like leaves release the familiar clean tea tree scent when brushed or crushed.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePapery White Bark\u003c\/strong\u003e: Layered peeling bark gives an attractive pale trunk that lifts a shaded corner of the garden.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpring Flowering\u003c\/strong\u003e: Fluffy white bottle brush spikes cover the plant from October to December and draw bees and honeyeaters.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDamp Ground Tolerance\u003c\/strong\u003e: Naturally a species of swampy creek flats, it accepts wet soils that would rot most screening plants.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFast Light Screen\u003c\/strong\u003e: It reaches useful screening height quickly while keeping an airy rather than solid texture.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eIdeal Applications\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoft Screening Row\u003c\/strong\u003e: Planted close it forms a fine textured four to six metre screen that moves in the wind.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDamp Corner Planting\u003c\/strong\u003e: Handles the low point of a garden where drainage is slow and other plants fail.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNative Habitat Garden\u003c\/strong\u003e: Flowers feed native bees and small honeyeaters, and the fine growth shelters small birds.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePathway and Courtyard Edge\u003c\/strong\u003e: Positioned where people brush past, the aromatic foliage becomes part of the experience.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eSpecimen \u0026amp; Installation\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (screening\/hedge):\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 to 1.5m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (feature\/avenue):\u003c\/strong\u003e 3 to 4m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBest Planting Season:\u003c\/strong\u003e Spring and early autumn. In frost prone districts plant in spring, as young plants are frost sensitive.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil \u0026amp; Drainage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very adaptable, from sandy loams to heavy clays and seasonally wet ground. It prefers acid to neutral soil and reasonable moisture, and does not need sharp drainage.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEstablishment Care:\u003c\/strong\u003e Water twice weekly through the first summer, particularly in a screening row where plants compete for the same soil volume. Mulch the row to 75mm, and tip prune lightly each year after flowering to keep growth dense from the base rather than letting it thin into open stems.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003ePlant Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4 to 8m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWidth:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 to 4m\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 to light shade\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNative to:\u003c\/strong\u003e Swampy coastal country of northern New South Wales and south eastern Queensland\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower Colour:\u003c\/strong\u003e White\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nursery Direct","offers":[{"title":"400mm","offer_id":59795380437278,"sku":"ND-1188-400MM","price":800.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/2536\/8862\/files\/CTAu-COuiOaEHe2ir512P_yVKCNNDe.jpg?v=1787314675","url":"https:\/\/nurserydirect.com.au\/products\/melaleuca-alternifolia","provider":"Nursery Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}