About
Callistemon viridiflorus is a resilient bottlebrush featuring a compact, arching growth form. Its leaves are sharply pointed, and it produces yellow-green blooms from mid- to late summer. The woody seed capsules can remain on the plant for several years.
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
- West-facing, East-facing, South-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H3
Plant details
- Plant type
- 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, Coastal, Mediterranean climate plants
- Native to
- Tasmania
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in full sun in a moist but well-drained acid or neutral soil
- Pruning
- Pruning group 8
- Propagation
- Propagate by seed, surface sown onto moist compost in spring, 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