This small tree has attractive narrow foliage and white papery bark. The flower-spikes are generally white or greenish but pink, red and mauve forms can be found. An excellent garden and street tree.
This hardy shrub is probably the best known bottlebrush and is widely cultivated. The bright red flower-spikes appear in summer and autumn. Grows well in wet conditions. Plants should be lightly pruned and fertilised after flowering. 4m
This callistemon is a very valuable tree for landscaping, as a screen plant, in erosion control or as a specimen or street tree. Bright scarlet red flowers appear in late spring and autumn and smaller numbers of flowers all year.
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A dwarf Bottlebrush with bright crimson blooming over a long period. A very hardy little shrub that is easily maintained.
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This is a hardy adaptable shrub that has beautiful long lasting bright red flowers with golden tips. Useful as a hedge, windbreak or screening plant it will attract small birds to the garden.
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Bright red brushes flowering throughout summer and in warmer climates flowers for most of the year. Makes an excellent speciman plant and a nice screen. Attracts honeyeaters to the garden. Frost hardy.
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“Candy Pink” has lance shaped leaves and long, narrow flower spikes. They are pinkish-red fading to pink. There are usually several flowering flushes each year. Can reach up to 4m
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Captain Cook was promoted to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Captain James Cooks discovery of the coast of Australia in 1770. It is a dense, bushy shrub with narrow leaves and masses of red brushes in mid to late spring. 2m
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A colourful native evergreen that is alive with bright red brush flowers in Autumn and Spring. Grows quickly to 2-3m and responsed well to prunning
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Erect dense shrub to with narrow leaves and purplish-red new growth. Masses of long slender bright pink flowers in spring. Suitable for most garden conditions. Striking plant. 3m
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A large shrub with grey woolly foliage and weeping habit. Pink new growth. Red brushes in spring and summer. Full sun in moist soils. Frost tender while young. Hardy and popular.
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The leaves of the mauve mist have new pink tip growth that is densely covered with silky hairs. The flowers are produced in dense "bottlebrush " clusters that are often produced in pinkish mauve bunches. Will flower as late as Christmas.
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A tidy rounded shrub with green foliage and reddish new growth. The hot pink flowers fade to soft pink brushes during Spring.
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Bright red brushes and flowers in spring summer and autumn. Compact bush with strong leaves. It makes an excellent specimen plant and a nice screen. Full sun. Grows to 1.5m
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A dense large shrub to small tree suitable for screen planting. White bottlebrushes several times per year. Prefers a sunny position and adequate moisture. Fertilise regularly. 3m
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A spectacular rounded shrub with narrow leaves and prolific red flowers. Most well drained soils with some frost protection. Beautiful soft green weeping foliage with spectacular bright red bottlebrush flowers.
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Bright red brushes that hang to the ground and in warmer climates flowers for most of the year. Makes an excellent speciman plant and a nice screen. Attracts honeyeaters to the garden. Frost hardy.
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Prune, prune prune for more flowers, shape and general wellbeing | Susan Kirk - Wellington Point, QLD 24-Mar-2008