Kunzea muelleri
Benth.
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What to Eat
A tea substitute.
Where to Find It
Australia - New South Wales and Victoria.
AUSTRALASIA: Australia (New South Wales (southeast), Victoria (northeast))
How to Identify
Kunzea muelleri is an evergreen Shrub growing to 0.9 m (3ft). It is frost tender. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs). Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It prefers moist soil.
How to Grow
Requires a sunny, well-drained position. 200 This species is hardy to about -7°c in Australian gardens, though this cannot be transferred direct to British gardens due to our cooler summers that often fail to fully ripen the wood, plus our longer, wetter, colder winters. Plants require cool greenhouse treatment in Britain. They succeed outdoors on the Isles of Scilly.
Propagation: Seed -
Medicinal Uses
Tonic. Tonic.
