Pink Ruffles
Our Leptospermum "Fantasia" has been putting on quite the show since August. As mentioned in a previous upload, we put this in the garden before we knew about the pitfalls of cultivars when one has a bush block. Since then we have planted only OG varieties of endemic plants. Another of the drawbacks of certain cultivars is that they have been so modified that they no longer produce any nectar, and are thus useless to the insects. This is a problem with our “Fantasia”. We have attempted to rectify the situation by planting some Hardenbergias beneath it; they will climb up it and flower for a few months in spring, thus giving something back to the insects and adding purple flowers into the mix of pink! [Lower Blue Mountains, NSW]
Pink Ruffles
Our Leptospermum "Fantasia" has been putting on quite the show since August. As mentioned in a previous upload, we put this in the garden before we knew about the pitfalls of cultivars when one has a bush block. Since then we have planted only OG varieties of endemic plants. Another of the drawbacks of certain cultivars is that they have been so modified that they no longer produce any nectar, and are thus useless to the insects. This is a problem with our “Fantasia”. We have attempted to rectify the situation by planting some Hardenbergias beneath it; they will climb up it and flower for a few months in spring, thus giving something back to the insects and adding purple flowers into the mix of pink! [Lower Blue Mountains, NSW]