Strengths, Weaknesses & Design Usage
Strengths of Leptospermum scoparium:
- All round tough plant suitable for problem areas
- Ideal for fast growing screening
- Evergreen foliage for all year round colour and screening
- Suitable for exposed coastal planting
- Fruit / berry producing
- Tolerates full sun and sandy, drought-prone soils
- Tolerates heavy clay soils
Design & Plant Use for Leptospermum scoparium:
- Tall summer flowering shrub suitable for back of border planting
- Plant for extreme coastal screening
- Ideal for informal cottage garden style planting
- Ideal flowering shrub for problem clay soils
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Common Missspellings: Leptospermam, Leptispermum, Leptospurmum