On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 16:17:04 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

On 29/4/07 15:12, in article ,
"Steve Wolstenholme" wrote:

On 29 Apr 2007 05:31:09 -0700, wrote:


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.

There is one in my garden that has just finished flowering. I have
always thought it to be a variety of Camellia.

Steve

If it IS Leptospermum, Steve, the flowers are a lot smaller than a Camellia.
Here's a link to a pic of another but different one:
http://tinyurl.com/ywgp2x

I was comparing the flower size with the leaf size. The leaves on mine
are about an inch long, the flowers are about 2.5 inches across.

Which plant is it?

Steve