Tree of the Month: Tree Heath
On Friday, December 13, Kieran’s Banksia Bushcare group took home the 2024 Fostering Community Spirit Award at Wollongong City Council’s volunteer recognition ceremony at the Fraternity Club in Fairy Meadow. Read the full story here
Trochocarpa laurina (Tree Heath) can grow as high as 15m, but is more often a bushy shrub or small tree to eight metres.
It has distinctive small, shiny, alternate and paralleled veined leaves. The new leaf growth is pink/lime green.
It has small, white and tubular flowers from June to September. Its fruits are dark blue-black globular drupes.
The tree (pictured above in Stanwell Avenue Reserve) regenerated naturally, but we put a cage around it to protect it from deer. Its foliage is striking in late Spring.
Congratulations to Banksia Bushcare
On Friday, December 13, Kieran’s Banksia Bushcare group took home the 2024 Fostering Community Spirit Award at Wollongong City Council’s volunteer recognition ceremony at the Fraternity Club in Fairy Meadow. Read the full story here.
