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hi: i'm a newbie here and this is my 1st ever post!

anyway, just discovered a brilliant plant called Manuka -Leptospermum
scoparium which is native to New Zealand and am very interested in it's
healing qualities (meant to be 30x more potent than the usual tea tree
(Melaleuca Alternifolia) as it's got so much more to offer ie., the
honey is used in NZ hospitals for wounds; arthritis, muscle pain etc.,
) The plant looks a bit like heather but the flowers are small and
pink, and grows i think, upto 8ft high, but generally shrubby-like.

i would like to know whether anyone has tried to grow this at all. i've
seen a plant that i can buy online (£7.50), but i'd like to see whether
i can grow it from seed first. i live in Notts and i have a (unheated)
greehouse that i can borrow. my garden's semi shaded, and quite
well-sheltered.

It grows here (Arran, west Scotland) in sheltered gardens and I've
planted several in our new garden; but the climate is much milder than
Notts. So far as I know, in the UK it only grows in warm coastal areas
and I've not heard of it growing inland.

Janet.