About
Callistemon 'Havering Gold' is a compact, evergreen shrub that reaches up to 1.5 meters tall. It features glossy, dark green leaves with lighter green undersides, and produces vibrant, deep golden-yellow flowers. This variety maintains a dense, bushy habit, distinguishing it from other Callistemons that can grow more broadly and become sparse without regular pruning.
About the genus
Callistemon consists of evergreen shrubs characterized by their fragrant, narrow to lanceolate leaves. These plants produce distinctive bottlebrush-like flower spikes, where the elongated, vividly colored stamens are particularly noticeable.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained, Well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H3
Plant details
- Plant type
- Shrubs
- Habit
- Bushy
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- 1-1.5 metres
- Spread
- 1-1.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 5-10 years
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Cottage and informal garden, Mediterranean climate plants, Patio and container plants, Wildlife gardens
- Fragrance
- Foliage
Care notes
- Cultivation
- One of the hardier and tougher Callistemons, strongly growing variety, easy to cultivate, great in pots, in full sun, and in any soil
- Pruning
- Pruning group 8
- Propagation
- Propagate by seed or from semi-ripe cuttings
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to scale insects, mealybugs and glasshouse red spider mite
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to honey fungus