Australian Teatrees - genus Leptospermum Australian National Botanic Gardens Australian National Herbarium

Leptospermum 'Horizontalis'      family MYRTACEAE

This cultivar is probably a form of L. continentale. It is a low-growing, spreading plant to 1 m high by 2 m across, and makes a hardy taller ground cover.

• Ground covers for areas where some height is required.
• Suitable for poorly drained areas.
• Frost-hardy. (Plants given an this rating will tolerate frosts to -7°C in conditions of normal rainfall.)
• Resistant to salt spray.

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