Well its been over a year now and the scopariums are thriving - even after some of them had heavy root work done. Good to see they love the conditions in my area. (reasonable shade and intermittent sun levels) Another amazing feat is this variety appears to be totally resistant to myrtle rust. It laughs at the mere sight of the rust, while continueing to party. I think I've struck gold with these Burgundy queens.
My previous failed attempts of scoparium for me were all with the single-petal varieties. This might be something to consider for others wanting to trial this seemingly hardy double-petal variety.
The floral display is just sublime - probably the best native display of any genus I've ever seen, for bonsai that is. Definitely going to make fantastic material for bonsai.
Perhaps I shouldn't have been so quick to give away most of them. But I kept only the 4 best ones that I thought had a future. I've come to the conclusion its better to discard mediocre material asap and only work on the high quality stock.
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