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Leptospermum laevigatum - Coastal Tea Tree
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Learn About Your New Leptospermum laevigatum - Coastal Tea Tree
Leptospermum laevigatum – Coastal Tea Tree is a hardy, evergreen Australian native plant renowned for its adaptability to salt-laden winds, poor soils, and dry conditions. Naturally occurring along Australia's southern and eastern coastlines, it typically grows to 3–5 metres high and 2–4 metres wide, with a spreading, slightly twisted branching habit that forms a dense screen.
This species features grey-green foliage, papery bark, and masses of small white flowers in spring and early summer. It's ideal for creating informal hedges, coastal screens, shelterbelts, or stabilising sand dunes and slopes. Fast-growing and low-maintenance, it provides excellent cover for birds and supports pollinators.
Coastal Tea Tree thrives in full sun, tolerates salty winds, sandy soils, and drought, and requires little more than an occasional prune to maintain shape or size. It's a resilient performer in tough coastal or dry inland environments.
Key Details
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Botanical Name: Leptospermum laevigatum
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Common Name: Coastal Tea Tree
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Mature Height: 3–5 metres
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Mature Width: 2–4 metres
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Foliage: Grey-green, narrow, evergreen
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Flowers: Small white flowers in spring and early summer
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Form: Dense, bushy, spreading habit with twisting branches
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Sunlight: Full sun
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Soil: Adaptable to sandy, poor, or well-drained soils
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Drought Tolerance: Yes – highly drought-tolerant once established
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Frost Tolerance: Moderate
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Salt Tolerance: Very high – ideal for coastal planting
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Maintenance: Very low; prune to shape or contain
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Water Requirement: Low once established
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Uses: Informal hedge, coastal screen, windbreak, erosion control, native revegetation
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Evergreen/Deciduous: Evergreen
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Wildlife Value: Attracts birds and pollinators; excellent habitat plant
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