About
Callistemon 'Perth Pink' is a dense, compact shrub featuring narrow, leathery leaves that are aromatic and exhibit a pink hue in their early growth stages. In spring and autumn, it produces vibrant pink bottlebrush flowers that can reach lengths of up to 10 cm.
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
- Clay, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H2
Plant details
- Plant type
- Conservatory Greenhouse, Shrubs
- Habit
- Bushy
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- 1.5-2.5 metres
- Spread
- 1.5-2.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 5-10 years
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Patio and container plants, Mediterranean climate plants
- Fragrance
- Foliage
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Under glass, grow in peat-free, loam-based potting compost in full light with good ventilation. Outdoors, in milder areas, grow in a very sheltered position in full sun with a moist but well-drained, acid to neutral soil
- Pruning
- Pruning group 8; tolerates hard pruning and may need restrictive pruning under glass
- Propagation
- Propagate from semi-hardwood cuttings
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to scale insect, mealy bug and glasshouse red spider mite
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to honey fungus