

Description
Add vibrant year-round colour to your garden with Leptospermum 'Burgundy Queen', a hardy Australian native shrub. With its upright growth, fine dark green-maroon foliage, and masses of deep magenta double flowers in winter and spring, it’s ideal for feature planting, light screening, or adding seasonal interest. Its blooms also make stunning cut flowers.
This adaptable, low-maintenance plant thrives in full sun to part shade and suits temperate, subtropical, and Mediterranean climates. It tolerates exposed conditions, light frost, drought, humidity (outside of the tropics), and coastal winds, making it ideal for many Australian gardens. Best suited to Queensland (southern regions), New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia. Plant in well-drained soil for optimal growth.
Key Features:
- Deep magenta double blooms from winter to spring
- Dark green-maroon foliage provides year-round colour
- Ideal for screening, feature planting, and cut flowers
- Tolerates drought, light frost, humidity (non-tropical), and coastal conditions
Plant Details:
- Height & Width: 3 m high x 2 - 2.5 m wide
- Position: Full sun to part shade; suitable for exposed and coastal locations
- Growing Conditions: Thrives in temperate, subtropical, and Mediterranean climates; not recommended for tropical areas
- Suitable Regions: Southern QLD, NSW, VIC, TAS, SA, and WA
- Uses: Native gardens, light screening, feature planting, and floral arrangements
- Care: Mulch and water regularly until established (approx. 12 weeks). Prune after flowering to encourage dense growth and apply a slow-release native fertiliser annually.
Your plants are supplied as tube stock with healthy young roots, ready to establish quickly in your garden. (Pot size: 80 mm x 42 mm)