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Tea tree winter cheer A pretty show in my garden at the moment from the Red-flowering Tea Tree, a native to this country. <br /> <br /> A shrub with deep burgundy foliage and lots of tiny vibrant hot pink flowers that appear from now, through winter and in to spring. Growth is compact to around 1 m. Each flower 1 cm diameter.<br /> <br /> This cultivar is Leptospermum scoparium &#039;rubrum nana&#039;. <br /> <br /> Reportedly, first British settlers to Australia made tea from the leaves. <br /> <br /> Australia,Flora,Geotagged,Leptospermum scoparium,Macro,Myrtaceae,Myrtales,Myrtle,Tea tree,botany,new south wales,pink flowers,plant Click/tap to enlarge PromotedCountry intro

Tea tree winter cheer

A pretty show in my garden at the moment from the Red-flowering Tea Tree, a native to this country.

A shrub with deep burgundy foliage and lots of tiny vibrant hot pink flowers that appear from now, through winter and in to spring. Growth is compact to around 1 m. Each flower 1 cm diameter.

This cultivar is Leptospermum scoparium 'rubrum nana'.

Reportedly, first British settlers to Australia made tea from the leaves.

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    Very elegant shot, Ruth! Posted 6 years ago

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The Mānuka

"Leptospermum scoparium", commonly called mānuka, mānuka myrtle, New Zealand teatree, broom tea-tree, or just tea tree, is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, native to New Zealand and south-east Australia. Its nectar produces Mānuka honey.

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Similar species: Myrtles, Evening Primroses.
Species identified by Ruth Spigelman
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By Ruth Spigelman

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Uploaded May 2, 2019. Captured May 1, 2019 11:57 in 157 Merewether St, Merewether NSW 2291, Australia.
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  • Canon EOS 60D
  • f/3.5
  • 1/197s
  • ISO250
  • 100mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.