Kunzea muelleri
Benth.
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Description
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.
Edible Uses
A tea substitute.
Medicinal Uses
Tonic. Tonic.
Distribution
Australia - New South Wales and Victoria.
Where It Grows
AUSTRALASIA: Australia (New South Wales (southeast), Victoria (northeast))
Cultivation
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 -
