Callistemon Viminalis

Price:

$110.00 (including GST)

Common Name:

WEEPING 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. Erect or spreading shrub growing 1–3 m high

2. Branchlets smooth, often reddish

3. ‘Leaves’ grey-green, elliptical to obliquely rounded, 1–4 cm long, 3–11 mm wide

4. Golden yellow globular flowerheads on fine hairless stalks in loose racemes, often profuse; flowering July to November

5. Seed pods straight or curved, 5–9 cm long, 5–8 mm wide, pale brown at maturity, sometimes with a whitish bloom
Typically a medium shrub - 5-6m high - with pendulous foliage although some forms are more pendulous than others.
Brushes are usually about 70 mm long by 50 mm diameter, bright red in colour and are usually seen in spring and sometimes in autumn.
The seed capsules that follow the flowers release the seed annually.

WHERE IT GROWS & WHY:

Usually found along watercourses and performs best if a reliable water supply is available.
Able to tolerate extended dry periods and can be frost tender when young.
Performs best in medium to heavy soils and can tolerate less than perfect drainage.
Flowers best in a sunny location but they will tolerate considerable shade at the expense of flowering performance.

MANAGEMENT/SIGNIFICANCE:

Image Source: Flower - John Robert McPherson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Image Source: Plant - Pëter 1968 User:Peter Greenwell, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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