Height: 6m Width: 4m Best feature: The leaves smell like lemon when crushed Worst feature: Can be slow to get going and will present as a shrub more than a tree for the first few years. Ideal for: Those who love the idea of bush foods growing in their garden. |
Lemon-scented Tea Trees have leaves that really do smell like lemon when crushed. The flowers are attractive to beetles and butterflies and this tree could be managed as a shrub or a hedge with a bit of pruning.
Foliage is soft and lemon scented.