Leptospermum Petersonii - Lemon-scented Tea Tree.

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Leptospermum Petersonii - Lemon-scented Tea Tree.

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i have one of these in my yard i planted it 3 years ago it has grown to about 60mm thick with nice movement i have cut it back pretty hard how do these go with root pruning has any one tried or have any good examples
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Re: Leptospermum Petersonii - Lemon-scented Tea Tree.

Post by kcpoole »

They do very well as far as i know
I have a small one in a pot now starting to style as well, The shoot back from alost nothing and are quite OK to root prune as well

Pup maybe has more tips as I think he has experience himself

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