Shrubs

Leptospermum continentale
     Prickly tea tree
Descriptor
Narrow upright prickly shrub with smooth bark on smaller stems, shedding in stringy strips. Rigid, prickly leaves, narrowly egg-shaped, broadest at base, concave tiny teeth along the margins, 5-13 mm x 1-3.5 mm. White flowers massed along stems, petals and sepals white, calyx and capsule hairless, capsules flaky with age, becoming rough. 
Cultural knowledge
Wood- spears, pegs
Ecological role
Bird attractant: insects,  Butterfly attractant: nectar  
Height
1-4m
Width
1-2m
Sun 
Full sun to semi shade
Soil type
Well drained to moist sandy and light clay soils
Flowering time
October to March

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