Leptospermum ‘Pink Cascade’ – Pink Cascade Tea-tree

Description

Leptospermum ‘Pink Cascade’ – Pink-flowering Tea-tree Hybrid

Family: Myrtaceae
Packet Size: Approx. 500+ seeds

Description

Leptospermum ‘Pink Cascade’ is a delightful Australian-bred hybrid tea-tree admired for softly pink flowers and gracefully arching branches. The parent cultivar forms a low, spreading shrub with finely textured green foliage and a generous display of five-petalled flowers in spring, often with additional blooms at other times.

Typically growing to around 0.5–1 m high and 1–1.5 m wide as the named cultivar, it is especially attractive planted over the edge of a retaining wall, in a large pot or at the front of a native garden. The delicate-looking blossoms contrast beautifully with the darker foliage and reddish new growth.

Key Features

• Parent flowers: Profuse soft pink blooms, sometimes fading paler as they age.
• Parent habit: Low, spreading shrub with arching or weeping branchlets.
• Garden appeal: Cascading borders, rockeries and large containers.

Growing Conditions

• Light: Full sun to light shade.
• Soil: Moist but well-draining garden soil; avoid prolonged waterlogging.
• Climate: Suitable for many temperate and mild coastal gardens; the cultivar has some frost tolerance.
• Care: Water during establishment and trim lightly after flowering to keep an attractive form.

Propagation from Seed

1. Prepare: No hard-seed treatment is required for the tiny seeds.
2. Sow: Surface-sow thinly onto clean, moist, free-draining seed-raising mix, pressing gently into place.
3. Moisture: Keep evenly damp using gentle misting or bottom watering in bright, sheltered light.
4. Grow on: Pot up seedlings when roots are established and gradually introduce stronger sunshine.

Seed-Grown Variation

‘Pink Cascade’ is a named hybrid cultivar. Seedlings may not inherit the parent’s exact pink flower colour, cascading shape or mature size. For plants identical to the registered cultivar, cuttings are required.

Germination advice: These instructions are a recommended guide. Germination results and timing may vary depending on seed freshness, storage, temperature and growing conditions. Alternative propagation methods may also be successful.