Australian Native Plants - Callistemon
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Callistemon brachyandrus
(Prickly Bottlebrush) |
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Height
1m - 4m
Spread
1m - 3m |
Prickly Bottlebrush is a stiff shrub or small tree growing about 4 m tall. The leaves are linear with a pointed tip, growing about 2 cm to 4 cm long and 1 mm wide. Flowers are produced in bottlebrush spikes, about 3 cm to 5 cm long. The flowers are... Read more > |
| Callistemon citrinus 'Firebrand' |
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Height
0.6m
Spread
2.5m |
Callistemon 'Firebrand' is a semi-prostrate shrub growing to about 60 cm tall. It originated from a seedling grown by Austraflora Nursery and was originally known as Callistemon 'Austraflora Firebrand' . It produces bottlebrush spikes of red flowers... Read more > |
| Callistemon citrinus 'Splendens' |
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Height
2m - 2.5m
Spread
1.5m - 2m |
Callistemon 'Splendens' is an upright shrub growing to about two metres in height (sometimes taller). The leaves are elliptical and grow to about 9 cm long. New growth is pink. The It produces red bottlebrush spikes mainly in spring, and sometimes... Read more > |
Callistemon citrinus
(Crimson Bottlebrush) |
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Height
2m - 5m
Spread
2m - 4m |
Crimson Bottlebrush is a shrub growing to 5 m tall. The leaves are hard and flat, narrow with the widest portion near the tip, and grow to about 2.5cm to 10 cm long and 4 mm to 25 mm wide. The leaf tip is pointed. The flowers are red with purple... Read more > |
Callistemon glaucus
(Albany Bottlebrush) |
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Height
2m - 3m
Spread
1.5m |
Albany Bottlebrush is a shrub growing to 3 m tall. The leaves are flat and narrow growing 4 cm to 13 cm long and 3 mm to 18 mm wide. The flowers are bright red, and produced in bottlebrush spikes, 7.5 cm in diameter. Flowering is in October to... Read more > |
Callistemon linearis
(Narrow-leaved Bottlebrush) |
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Height
2m - 3m
Spread
2m - 3m |
Narrow-leaved Bottlebrush is a stiff shrub growing to 3 m tall. The leaves are narrow and linear growing 4 cm to 11 cm long and about 1 mm to 3 mm wide. The flowers are red and produced in bottlebrush spikes, about 5 cm to 10 cm long and 4 cm to 6... Read more > |
Callistemon montanus
(Mountain Bottlebrush) |
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Height
2m - 6m
Spread
1m - 2m |
Mountain Bottlebrush is a shrub or small tree growing to 6 m tall. The leaves are flat, narrow oval with the widest portion nearer the pointed tip, growing 5 cm to 10 cm long, 6mm to 11 mm wide. New growth is pinkish. The flowers are bright red or... Read more > |
Callistemon pachyphyllus
(Wallum Bottlebrush) |
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Height
0.5m - 3m
Spread
0.5m - 1.5m |
Wallum Bottlebrush is a shrub that grows to about 3 m tall. The grey-green leaves are flat, narrow with the widest portion near the tip, growing about 5 cm to 9 cm long. The leaf tip is pointed. The flowers are crimson or (rarely) greenish yellow... Read more > |
Callistemon pallidus
(Lemon Bottlebrush) |
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Height
2m - 5m
Spread
2m - 5m |
Lemon Bottlebrush is a shrub or tree growing to 5 m tall. The leaves are flat, narrow elliptical, growing 3 cm to 7 cm long and about 1 cm to 1.5 cm wide. The flowers are yellow or cream and produced in bottlebrush spikes, about 3 cm to 7 cm long... Read more > |
Callistemon pearsonii
(Blacktown Callistemon) |
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Height
1.5m
Spread
1.5m |
Blacktown Callistemon is a shrub growing to 1.5 m tall. The leaves are flat, narrow and linear with a sharp tip growing to about 3 cm long. The flowers are red and produced in bottlebrush spikes, about 4 cm long and 5 cm to 6 cm in diameter.... Read more > |
Callistemon phoeniceus
(Lesser Bottlebrush) |
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Height
2m - 6m
Spread
3m - 5m |
Lesser Bottlebrush is a shrub or small tree growing to 6 m tall. The leaves are blue-green, flat and linear growing 3 cm to 7 cm long. The flowers are red or scarlet and produced in bottlebrush spikes, about 10 cm to 15 cm long and 5 cm to 6 cm in... Read more > |
Callistemon pinifolius
(Pine-leaved Bottlebrush) |
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Height
0.5m - 3m
Spread
2m - 3m |
Pine-leaved Bottlebrush is a shrub growing to about 3 m tall. The leaves are narrow and linear with sharp points, growing 4 cm to 10 cm long and about 1 mm wide. The flowers are yellowish green or red and produced in bottlebrush spikes, about 5 cm... Read more > |
Callistemon pityoides
(Alpine Bottlebrush) |
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Height
1m - 3m
Spread
1m - 2.5m |
Alpine Bottlebrush is a shrub growing to 3 m tall. The leaves are flat, narrow linear growing about 1 cm to 2 cm long and about 1 mm wide with a sharp point. The flowers are yellow or cream and produced in bottlebrush spikes, about 3 cm to 7 cm long... Read more > |
Callistemon polandii
(Gold-tipped Bottlebrush) |
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Height
2m - 4m
Spread
1m - 3m |
Gold-tipped Bottlebrush is a shrub growing to 4 m tall. The leaves are flat, narrow elliptical tapering to a point. The flowers are bright red with yellow tips and produced in bottlebrush spikes, about 5 cm to 6 cm in diameter. Flowering is from... Read more > |
Callistemon rugulosus
(Scarlet Bottlebrush) |
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Height
2m - 4m
Spread
2m - 4m |
Scarlet Bottlebrush is a shrub growing to about 4 m tall. The rigid leaves are flat and narrow growing about 5 cm long and 7 mm wide, with a sharp point. The flowers are crimson or purple with yellow tips produced in bottlebrush spikes. The spikes... Read more > |
Callistemon salignus
(Willow Bottlebrush) |
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Height
5m - 15m
Spread
3m - 5m |
Willow Bottlebrush is a shrub or tree growing to 15 m tall. New growth is pink. The leaves are flat, narrow elliptic in shape. The flowers are creamy white and produced in bottlebrush spikes about 5 cm to 8 cm long and about 3 cm in diameter.... Read more > |
Callistemon teretifolius
(Needle Bottlebrush) |
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Height
1m - 2m
Spread
1m - 3m |
Needle Bottlebrush is a shrub growing to 2 m tall. The leaves are needle shaped, growing 5 cm to 11 cm long and 1 mm to 1.5 mm wide with sharp point. The flowers are bright red or orange and produced in bottlebrush spikes, about 5 cm to 7 cm long... Read more > |
| Callistemon viminalis 'Hannah Ray' |
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Height
3m - 5m
Spread
2m - 3m |
Callistemon 'Hannah Ray' is a large weeping shrub growing to about 4 m tall. It is a cultivar of Callistemon viminals, the Weeping Bottlebrush. The leaves are narrow and lance-shaped. New growth is bright pink. The plant produces profuse clusters of... Read more > |
| Callistemon viminalis 'Wildfire' |
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Height
4m
Spread
2m |
Callistemon viminalis 'Wildfire' is a tall growing shrub or small tree soft pale green new growth. It produces masses of bright red bottlebrush flowers mainly in spring. The growth habit is lightly weeping. Read more > |
Callistemon viminalis
(Weeping Bottlebrush) |
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Height
3m - 6m
Spread
1.5m - 5m |
The Weeping Bottlebrush is a small to medium sized weeping tree with red bottlebrush flowers in spring, with flushes in summer and autumn. Read more > |
| Callistemon 'Eureka' |
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Height
2m - 4m
Spread
2m - 3m |
Callistemon 'Eureka' is a dense upright shrub growing up to about 4 m tall. It is fast growing producing flushes of pink red new growth. Clusters of bright pink bottlebrush flowers are produced in spring . Read more > |
| Callistemon 'Harkness' |
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Height
3m - 6m
Spread
2m - 6m |
Callistemon 'Harkness' produces long dense bottlebrush flower spikes that grow up to 15 cm long, and are red in colour. The cultivar is named Mr. GLJ Harkness of Gawler, South Australia. It was accepted for registration with Australian Cultivar... Read more > |
| Callistemon 'Kings Park Special' |
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Height
3m - 5m
Spread
3m - 4m |
Callistemon 'Kings Park Special' is a small tree grows from 3 to 5m tall and 3 to 4m wide. It produces bottlebrush flower spikes that grow up to 13 cm long and 6 cm wide, and are bright red in colour. The cultivar was grown from a seedling at Kings... Read more > |
| Callistemon 'Lavender Showers' |
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Height
2m
Spread
1.5m - 2m |
Callistemon 'Lavender Showers' is a large shrub or small tree with levender pink bottlebrush flowers in spring and summer. The leaves are rigid, narrow and lance shaped. The flower spike is a typical bottlebrush shape. The main flowering period is... Read more > |
| Callistemon 'Little John' |
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Height
1m
Spread
1m |
Callistemon 'Little John'is a dwarf shrub. It produces red bottlebrush flower spikes. The shrub was selected by Ken Dunstan of Alstonville, New South Wales. Read more > |
