Leptospermum Pink Cascade

🌸 Leptospermum ‘Pink Cascade’ — Description, Care & Landscape Guide

Leptospermum ‘Pink Cascade’ is a low-growing, cascading Australian native shrub prized for its profuse, soft pink flowers, compact habit, and versatility in gardens and containers. Perfect for coastal, cottage, or rockery gardens.

🌿 Plant Description

• Common Name: Leptospermum ‘Pink Cascade’
• Botanical Name: Leptospermum scoparium ‘Pink Cascade’
• Plant Type: Evergreen shrub / groundcover
• Foliage: Fine, aromatic green leaves
• Flowers: Small soft pink flowers, masses in spring–summer
• Height: 0.5–1 m
• Spread: 1.5–2 m
• Habit: Trailing/cascading, ideal for rockeries or hanging over walls

🌞 Care Guide

☀️ Light

• Full sun for best flowering and compact habit
• Tolerates light shade, but fewer flowers

🌱 Soil

• Prefers well-drained soil
• Suits sandy, loamy, or gravelly soils
• Avoid heavy clay or waterlogged areas

💧 Water

• Low to moderate water once established
• Drought tolerant but responds well to occasional watering

🌿 Fertiliser

• Use low-phosphorus native fertiliser in spring
• Avoid high-phosphorus fertilisers

✂️ Pruning

• Light trim after flowering maintains shape
• Can rejuvenate older plants by harder pruning in early spring

🌡️ Climate & Hardiness

• Coastal tolerant
• Frost hardy to mild frost (protect very young plants)
• Performs well in temperate and subtropical regions

🌼 Landscape Uses

• Rockeries & retaining walls — cascades naturally over edges
• Container planting — looks stunning in pots or hanging baskets
• Groundcover — fills gaps under taller shrubs
• Cottage-style gardens — soft pink flowers add charm
• Low-maintenance native gardens — attracts birds and beneficial insects

Pairs well with:

• Correas
• Grevilleas
• Westringias
• Dianellas