This variable small to large shrub has upright light brown woody stems with weeping branchlets that form a compact rounded habit. It has a light green aromatic oblong leaves and the profuse white wheel-shaped flowers appear from late winter to summer. 

Hardiness zones 9 to 11

Leptospermum polygalifolium and its sub species are naturally found on the east coast of Australia from Queensland to Victoria.

It prefers a well drained but moist sandy to light clay loam that is moderately fertile in an open sunny to semi shaded position and is frost and drought tolerant. .

The Yellow Tea Tree is grown for its flowers and bushy dense habit. It is planted along shrub borders for screening or trimmed to form a hedge. It is suitable for coastal or inland regions establishing in 2 to 3 years and is moderately long lived. It can also be grown in planet boxes or used in rockeries and the flowers are used in floral arrangements. The cultivar 'Cardwell' it is used in tropical gardens tolerating a humid environment. ID 168

Note:
The Yellow Tea Tree is widely distributed and occurs in many forms with the prostrate form attaining a height of 60cm (2ft) with a spread up to 1.5m (5ft) wide.

Leptospermum (lep-to-SPERM-um) polygalifolium (poly-gal-ee-FOL-ee-um)

Myrtaceae (mir-TAY-see-ee)
Myrtle, Eucalyptus, Clove and Guava Family