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Old 29-04-2007, 02:22 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Mystery shrub

On 29/4/07 13:31, in article
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Dear URGlers,

I've come across this pretty shrub in a garden I'm helping with :-

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/9...ryshrubdj7.jpg

Any ideas ?

5 petals, reddish foliage, so I'm thinking rose family ?

thanks..

Mike.


Could it be Leptospermum scoparium 'Burgundy Queen'. If so, it's one of the
Myrtle family.
It's beautiful, whatever it is!
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