On Wed, 1 Mar 2006 16:55:08 +1300, "Roger Dewhurst"
wrote in aus.gardens:



In Ceylon tea was, and probably still is, propogated with single leaf
cuttings. The leaf is cut just above the leaf node. Insert the internode
into damp sand and fully shade the leaves. Keep them damp. You might try a
rooting hormone too though those were not available in my time.


Tea is a relative of the camellia whereas a tea tree is an australian
native tree called a melaleuca sometimes called a paper bark. They are
not really similar.

Save melaleuca seeds over winter then surface sow. You can take semi
ripe cuttings but Australian plants seem to grow better from seeds.


Regards
Prickles

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