They are from the poplar (Liriodendron) - no way could the Leptospermum, which is at best only a large shrub, generate large enough surface roots to create ankle-twisting hazards :-)

Thanks for your nice comments everyone. 'Falling In Love' (Carruth'06) is planted beside her. Nearly identical color and also excel. I'd have a hard time choosing. auah, pinks are one of my favorites. I have a hard time choosing any pink.

Went out to the nursery yesterday and had a word with one of the guys there. Not the one I spoke to previously. He again showed me the one they had but with the additional information that they had only just emerged from the tunnels after a regime of regular water and osmacote. He then took me out the back to see one they had planted out about 5 yrs ago, when they first appeared on the market. A dead ringer for what I have and it had only had a couple of flowers last year, for the first time. Here is a pic showing the difference in the foliage. The latest is on the left and my original on the right. At a guess, looking at your pic, funnelweb, I would say your is the large leaf one which appears to be closer to L. morrisonii than mine. Going from PlantNET, L.m foliage is 15-35 mm long, 2-8 mm wide. I wonder what I have?

Hi Ted. Nonmember on Name that Plant Forum also suggested Myoporum. I have to agree that M. insulare is a good candidate and was already at the top of my list but I haven't finished checking out all the species yet. Thank you, honourable sahib, Sir :-)