Leptospermum 'Starry Night' - Tea Tree

Leptospermum ‘Starry Night’ (Tea Tree)

Bring dramatic colour and pollinator power to your garden with Leptospermum ‘Starry Night’—a captivating Australian native shrub renowned for its deep purple to almost-black foliage and masses of snowy white, star-shaped flowers. Fast-growing and evergreen, ‘Starry Night’ forms a graceful, pendulous habit, reaching up to 2.5–3 meters tall and 1–2 meters wide, making it perfect as a feature plant, hedge, or screening shrub.

From late spring through summer, this hardy Tea Tree is smothered in bright white blooms that attract bees, butterflies, and small native birds. Its purple-pink new growth and fine, slender leaves maintain year-round visual interest and contrast beautifully in mixed shrub plantings or modern landscapes.

Leptospermum ‘Starry Night’ thrives in full sun to dappled shade, tolerates frost, drought, coastal conditions, and suits most well-drained soils. It’s low maintenance—just prune lightly after flowering to keep a dense shape and mulch to conserve moisture.

Key Features:

• Growth Habit: Dense, weeping evergreen shrub

• Size: 2.5–3 m high x 1–2 m wide

• Foliage: Striking dark purple-black leaves with purple-pink new stems

• Flowers: Profuse, snowy white, star-shaped flowers, late spring to summer

• Climate Tolerance: Drought, frost, and salt spray hardy; adaptable to most soils

• Uses: Garden feature, screening, hedges, containers, wildlife and pollinator gardens

• Maintenance: Low; prune after flowering, mulch and water to establish

Leptospermum ‘Starry Night’ is an outstanding choice for bold contrast and year-round beauty, delivering reliable performance and abundant wildlife benefits to Australian gardens.