Callistemon viminalis (Weeping Bottlebrush)

Weeping Bottlebrush

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Growth Characteristics information is sourced from: State Flora Catalog, Government of South Australia Licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license.

WEEPING BOTTLEBRUSH FACTS

distribution map showing range of Callistemon viminalis in Australia

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Common Name
Weeping Bottlebrush

Description
The Weeping Bottlebrush is a small to medium sized weeping tree with red bottlebrush flowers in spring, with flushes in summer and autumn.

Distribution
Queensland, New South Wales

Growth Characteristics
Height (m): 4 - 10
Spread (m): 2 - 5
Soil Texture: sand, loam, clay, limestone
Soil pH: acid soils, neutral soils, alkaliine soils
Frost Sensitivity: sensitive / moderately sensitive
Minimum Rainfall (mm): 550
Flower Colour: red
Flower Season: spring, summer

(source: SA State Flora Catalog)

Propagation
seed, cuttings

Wildlife Interest
attracts honeyeaters

Classification

Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Callistemon
Species:	viminalis
Common Name:	Weeping Bottlebrush

Relatives in same Genus
  Callistemon brachyandrus
  Callistemon citrinus 'Firebrand'
  Callistemon citrinus 'Splendens'
  Callistemon citrinus
  Callistemon glaucus
  Callistemon linearis
  Callistemon montanus
  Callistemon pachyphyllus
  Callistemon pallidus
  Callistemon pearsonii
  Callistemon phoeniceus
  Callistemon pinifolius
  Callistemon pityoides
  Callistemon polandii
  Callistemon rugulosus
  Callistemon salignus
  Callistemon teretifolius
  Callistemon viminalis 'Hannah Ray'
  Callistemon viminalis 'Wildfire'
  Callistemon 'Eureka'
  Callistemon 'Harkness'
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