{"product_id":"melaleuca-bracteata","title":"Black Tea Tree - Melaleuca bracteata","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\u003eBlack Tea Tree - Melaleuca bracteata\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMelaleuca bracteata\u003c\/em\u003e is the species behind the popular golden foliage cultivars, and in its straight green form it is a genuinely useful hard working tree: fine, dark, aromatic foliage on a densely branched frame, with dark furrowed bark that gives the common name. It grows across inland eastern Australia along watercourses, so it copes with periodic flooding, extended drought and frost with equal indifference. Where a screen or windbreak has to survive a difficult site with no ongoing care, this is the safe specification.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eWhy Black Tea Tree\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFoliage Texture\u003c\/strong\u003e: Very fine, needle like dark green leaves give a soft feathery mass and a strong scent when crushed.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSite Range\u003c\/strong\u003e: It handles waterlogged creek flats, dry inland paddocks and frost pockets alike.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eScreening Density\u003c\/strong\u003e: Branching starts low and stays dense, so it blocks sightlines to ground level.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlowering\u003c\/strong\u003e: Small white to cream bottlebrush flowers appear through spring and summer and feed native bees.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBark Character\u003c\/strong\u003e: Older trunks develop dark, deeply furrowed bark that contrasts against the fine foliage.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eIdeal Applications\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRural windbreak\u003c\/strong\u003e: Planted in rows to filter hot dry winds across paddocks and homestead surrounds.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDense privacy screen\u003c\/strong\u003e: A close planted line makes a soft textured, non formal green wall.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCreek and drainage line stabilisation\u003c\/strong\u003e: Suited to banks and low points subject to periodic inundation.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHabitat and revegetation\u003c\/strong\u003e: Widely used in inland riparian restoration for its toughness and bee value.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSpecimen \u0026amp; Installation\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (screening\/hedge):\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 to 2m centres\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (feature\/avenue):\u003c\/strong\u003e 4 to 5m centres\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBest Planting Season:\u003c\/strong\u003e Autumn or spring in most districts; spring in cold inland areas\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil \u0026amp; Drainage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Highly adaptable across clay, loam and sand; tolerates both seasonal waterlogging and long dry periods\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEstablishment Care:\u003c\/strong\u003e Water weekly for the first three months and then only through extended dry, as it becomes self sufficient fast. Mulch to 75mm, use a low phosphorus native fertiliser in spring if growth is slow, and tip prune young plants to thicken the base of a screen.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003ePlant Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4 to 9m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWidth:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3 to 5m\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 Inland and northern eastern Australia, chiefly along watercourses\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower Colour:\u003c\/strong\u003e White to cream\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nursery Direct","offers":[{"title":"45L","offer_id":59795374014750,"sku":"ND-1189-45L","price":800.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/2536\/8862\/files\/L9pcLbVmYijSll1qJZqWf_1gkVbZJ4.jpg?v=1787314518","url":"https:\/\/nurserydirect.com.au\/products\/melaleuca-bracteata","provider":"Nursery Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}