I know this plant and love it to bits! However, it is not fully hardy so
frost is fatal, nor does it like my London clay. I've given up trying to
keep it in the garden, but it's on my wish list for pot culture next year.
I know it will survive summer in my porch, and I can now give it some winter
protection in a frost-free garden room (single-brick extension to house).

In Notts, you may get away with it in a pot, then sheltering it in the
greenhouse. You would need to raise it off the cold floor and maybe use
some fleece for extra protection. It's untimate size may prove to be a
restriction in the greenhouse.

I hope you succeed - it's a beautiful shrub.
Spider
brenroamin wrote in message
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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.

i know it's rather obscure this plant, so i'm not sure whether any of
you know it!
anyway, thanx for looking
xb
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brenroamin
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