Kunzea Ambigua-"Tick Bush"-BUSH TUCKA-seeds

KUNZEA AMBIGUA    “Tick Bush”

Family: Myrtaceae.  

Sprouting: 14-42 days. 

Widespread in New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania, Kunzea Ambigua is very hardy.

A medium to large shrub up to 3m H x 4m W.  Some forms can take a lower, weeping habit and it is adaptable to a range of soils but prefers a light to medium soil in an open sunny position. Drought and frost resistant with white, scented flowers at the ends of the branches in Spring.  Attracts lot of birds and the ‘Soldier Beetle’, may also attract the ‘webbing moth’.  May be used for screening, as a feature plant, or as a background shrub.

The leaves may be used to make a tea substitute while it is also said to be the best native plant for adding flavour to roasts.

Photo of flowers: Maja Dumat, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons; retrieved 25May 2024 –2.41pm AEST and edited using Canva.

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****Please note: these are seeds (we are NOT selling these as live plants). Quarantine restrictions and costs prohibit us from selling these seeds to WA, Tas, and Internationally.