Callistemon Phoeniceus

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Common Name:

LESSER 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 large erect shrub that can reaches up to 6 metres in the wild.
Juvenile leaves are light green whilst adult foliage is a grey-green.
The adult foliage provides a contrast with the brilliant red flower spikes of this species, that appear from late winter to early summer. Flowering extends for many weeks.

WHERE IT GROWS & WHY:

Plant in full sun with reasonable to good drainage.
Likely to do better on sandy soils with some moisture.
Will cope with frosts and drought but will do better if water is provided in hot and dry times.

MANAGEMENT/SIGNIFICANCE:

Honeyeaters are attracted to the flowers.Remove the spent flowers. This keeps plants dense and flowering profusely.
Can be used in informal hedge or low windbreak.
Pruning after flowering will create a denser bush and promote more flowers the following season.
Regenerates after fire from epicormic and basal shoots as well as from the seedbank.

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

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

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