*RETAIL - Leptospermum lanigerum [purple leaf form] Size:1g/$16 HEMSLEY'S BEGONIA

HEMSLEY'S BEGONIA

The flowers are also wonderful

at least on occasion

suggesting an eventual

*RETAIL - Leptospermum lanigerum [purple leaf form] Size:1g/$16 HEMSLEY'S BEGONIASpring flowering tea tree with handsome, darkish blue leaves infused with purple, rather than the silver blue of the straight species. Similarly small and fragrant when crushed or brushed, and is a perfect backdrop for the 1", single, white, fragrant flowers in early summer. Evergreen, reaching 5 10 ft tall x 3 5 ft wide in full sun to light shade where soil is well drained. Needs little summer water once established. Frost hardy to 10F, USDA zone 8.