Callistemon Pallidus

Price:

$110.00 (including GST)

Common Name:

LEMON BOTTLEBRUSH

PLEASE NOTE: Orders are by full tray only. Each tray contains 40 plants. When ordering, please choose how many trays you would like.

WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE:

1. Spreading rounded shrub growing 1–4 m high and wide

2. Branchlets yellow or reddish, minutely hairy

3. ‘Leaves’ grey-green, 1.5–5 cm long, 3–7 mm wide, radiating around branchlets, variable in shape

4. Bright golden ball flowers in heavy clusters at branch ends; flower stalks stout, with minute golden hairs; flowering April to October

5. Seed pods straight or curved, 5–10 cm long, 4–9 mm wide, dark brown at maturity, may have a whitish bloom
An upright hardy shrub with slender spreading branches growing to a height of 3 m by 2 m across.
The fresh lemon coloured brushes present a nice contrast to the grey-green foliage.
The leaves are tapered to 50 mm long and dotted with oil glands. Young growth is often attractively covered with dense silky hairs, later becoming smooth.
The flowers are borne in profuse cylindrical spikes 50-100 mm long and occur from September to January.
Individual flowers have 5 sepals, 5 petals and numerous cream to greenish-yellow stamens. The cup-shaped fruit capsules are woody and contain numerous fine seeds.

WHERE IT GROWS & WHY:

Frost-hardy plant growing in moist situations in full sun or part shade.
Will withstand moderate exposure to salt laden winds.
Common on rocky sites of the eastern ranges and occurs naturally in New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and Tasmania.

MANAGEMENT/SIGNIFICANCE:

Image Source: Flower - Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Image Source: Plant - Fagg, M. via Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG)

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