About
This evergreen shrub or small tree is partially hardy and features arching to weeping branches. Its leaves are linear to lanceolate, reaching lengths of up to 7 cm, and emit a pleasant fragrance. In the summer, it produces clusters of vivid red flowers arranged in cylindrical spikes that can grow as long as 20 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
- H3
Plant details
- Plant type
- Shrubs, Conservatory Greenhouse
- Habit
- Bushy, Pendulous weeping
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- 4-8 metres
- Spread
- 2.5-4 metres
- Time to full height
- 10-20 years
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Mediterranean climate plants, Patio and container plants
- Native to
- E Australia
- Fragrance
- Foliage
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in a sheltered position in full sun with a moist but well-drained soil
- Pruning
- Pruning group 8
- Propagation
- Propagate by seed or 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