Leptospermum 'Karo Pearl Star '

Common Name: New Zealand Tea Tree, Manuka

Plant Family: Myrtaceae

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Price: £6.50

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Availability:

6 in stock

Quantity or Pot size (see 'Pot Sizes' tab below): 9 cm pots

Hardiness/minimum temperature: Hardy
Position/ Situation: Sheltered, frost-free gardens
Sun/ Shade: Sun
Planting Style: sensory
Suggested Use: Ornamental
Season of Interest: All year round
Scent: Scented Leaves
Flower Colour: Pink
Leaf Colour: Green
Height: medium (up to 6 feet)
Habit/Shape: Bushy
Evergreen: Yes
Soil Type: Normal, well-drained but moisture retentive
Soil PH: No preference
Bee and Butterfly: Both
Rabbit & Deer Resistance: Deer & Rabbit Resistant Plants
Resistance to Honey Fungus: Resistant to Honey Fungus

Hardy in most British gardens in well-drained soil and sun, this evergreen New Zealand shrub is smothered with small green-centred shell pink flowers in spring and summer. A good bee plant and resistant to Honey Fungus

Delivery Info
Pot Sizes

Mainland UK	£8.50-£10	Local delivery Postcodes IP1-IP8 & CO10 (minimum order value applies please click here for details)	FREE
Seeds & cuttings only	£2	Collect from our Nursery (Elmsett, Suffolk, IP7 6LZ)	FREE
Scottish Highlands & offshore Islands	From £10

See our delivery information page for details

Unless otherwise indicated our plants are supplied in the following pot sizes according to category. Dimensions refer to either the pot diameter (cm) or volume (litre);

Exotics/Conservatory & House Plants, Succulents: mostly as young plants in 9cm (approx. 0.5 litre) or 1 litre pots
Hardy Perennials, Ferns and Grasses: 1 litre (approx. 12cm diameter)
Herbs: 9cm (approx. 0.5 litre)
Hardy Shrubs and Climbers: 1.5 or 2 litre
Potted Bulbs: variable- please see "Quantity or Pot size" on plant information page
Dormant Bulbs, Tubers and Bare-root perennials come either bagged or wrapped without a pot

The exact size of plants will vary with the growing season and may be cut back in accordance with normal pruning regimes or to fit in the box if they are excessively tall.

Goes well with

Leptospermum scoparium 'Coral Candy'£6.50

A very pretty cultivar with grey green foliage and masses of double pink flowers in spring. For well-drained soil in a sunny spot, hardy in all but coldest gardens in the British Isles.

Leptospermum scoparium 'Electric Red'£6.50

This cultivar has deep green foliage with a purple tinge, which intensifies in the winter. During the spring, and again in aurumn, it has masses of single deep red flowers. For well-drained soil in sunny sheltered spot.