If the season is hot and dry, flowers last only about three weeks. Despite this the shrub is worth having in a home garden for its mass of flowers down to the ground. Bees are attracted to the shrub. Nurseries specialising in native plants can supply this plant in varying forms and colours, with named varieties. Propagation is from seed or cuttings, but seed will not necessarily come true to colour.
Any soil is suitable and good watering brings rapid growth and flowers at an early age.
Many species of Leptospermum are successful in Canberra. Tea trees have been among the most popular of Australian native plants for hybridising. These hybrids and cultivars can include dwarf and prostrate forms suitable for rockery and groundcover use.