Lemon Myrtle – (Backhousia citriodora)

🍋 Grow a fragrant native tree that brings your garden to life

Lemon Myrtle is one of Australia’s most loved native trees — and for good reason.

It fills your garden with a fresh lemon scent, attracts wildlife, and creates a beautiful, usable feature plant that works in almost any space.

Plant it and you’ll get:

• 🐦 Shelter for small birds

• 🐝 Support for bees and pollinators

• 🌿 Fragrant leaves for cooking, tea, and sensory gardening

• 🌳 A beautiful evergreen feature or hedge

It’s a plant that looks good, smells amazing, and supports wildlife all at once.

🌿 Why this plant works

• 🍋 Strong lemon-scented foliage (when brushed or crushed)

• 🐝 Attracts pollinators and beneficial insects

• 🌳 Can be shaped as a hedge or small tree

• 🌱 Fast-growing and highly useful in gardens

💡 This is one of those plants that turns a garden into an experience.

🌱 Where it grows best

• ☀️ Full sun to part shade

• 🌱 Well-drained, fertile soil (tolerates sandy or loamy soils)

• 💧 Moderate water; hardy once established

👉 Perfect for hedging, screening, or feature planting.

🪴 Perfect for

• Fragrant sensory gardens

• Wildlife-friendly hedges and screens

• Backyard food and bush tucker gardens

• Feature planting in native landscapes

• Containers and smaller spaces (with pruning)

🐦 What you might notice

• Bees and insects around flowers

• Birds moving through for shelter

• A stronger sense of movement and life in the garden

• Leaves releasing fragrance when touched

📦 What you’re actually getting

More than a plant — it’s a multi-sensory habitat tree.

• 🌱 Sun-hardened tubestock (ready to plant)

• 🪪 Collectable plant card (track growth + wildlife visits)

• 📱 QR access to:

  • Simple planting guide

  • Wildlife you might see

  • Rewilding tips for better results

  • Nature tracking + garden connection prompts

🌏 The bigger impact

Lemon Myrtle doesn’t just sit in your garden — it:

• Creates habitat

• Adds sensory connection to nature

• Supports pollinators and biodiversity

• Works as a long-term feature plant

It’s a keystone lifestyle plant — useful, beautiful, and ecological.

📍 Pickup info

Ready in 1–3 days.

Pickup from:

• Brighton (plant stand)

• Kallangur (home pickup)