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    CALLISTEMON
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    CALLISTEMON

    Commonly known as Bottlebrush

    Range of shrubs to small trees with bottlebrush-like flower spikes in shades of red, purple, pink, white, green or yellow.

    The bottlebrush flowers can be red, purple, pink, white, green or yellow and well grown specimens can be hard-pruned. In some species the hard seed capsules are released by fire.

    Genus of 30 species or more of evergreen tress and shrubs from Australia from moist, open sites and in woodland.

    Full Plant Details - Sun/Soil & other attributes - Click to close
    • Good to know
      Tolerates hard pruning when established.
    • Resistant to honey fungus
      These plants have little or few problems with honey fungus.
    • Evergreen
    • Medium shrub
      Typically grow to around 4-6 feet in height
    • Tall Shrub
    • Tree
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    Varieties
    CALLISTEMON citrinus 'Little John'
    Crimson bottlebrush
    Miniature habit, deep red flowers
     
    2 Litre
    £16.50
    CALLISTEMON citrinus 'Perth Pink'
    Clear pink flowers
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £16.50
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    Available again from summer 2025
    Could be any time, June through to end August. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.
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    CALLISTEMON citrinus 'Red Cluster'
    Compact growing with deep scarlet flowers
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £16.50
    CALLISTEMON citrinus 'Splendens'
    The most vivid scarlet flowers
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £16.50
    CALLISTEMON salignus 'Honey Pot'
    Pale creamy-yellow.
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £16.50
    CALLISTEMON 'Inferno'
    Bottlebrush
    Brilliant red.
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £16.50
    CALLISTEMON pallidus
    Lemon bottlebrush
    cream coloured flowers and narrow leaves
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £16.50
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    Available late spring to early summer 2025
    Spring according to the Met Office is defined as March 1st - May 31st. Therefore late spring is mid-April onwards. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.
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    CALLISTEMON 'Red Rocket'
    Bottlebrush
    (syn. C. 'Red Rock') - Bright red new growth on darker foliage and red flowers. This is a small growing variety suitable as a low hedge
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £16.50
    CALLISTEMON rigidus
    Stiff bottlebrush
    Hardy red bottlebrush which thrives in poor soils in full sun
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £16.50
    CALLISTEMON salignus
    White bottlebrush, Willow-leafed bottlebrush
    One of the hardiest of the bottlebrushes with narrow willow-like leaves and pale yellow flowers
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £16.50
    CALLISTEMON sieberi
    Alpine bottlebrush
    (pityoides) - This is the hardiest species with narrow leaves and pale yellow flowers in short spikes
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £16.50
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    Unavailable
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    CALLISTEMON viminalis
    Weeping bottlebrush
    Attractive weeping habit with bright red flowers. Had proved hardy at Burncoose
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £16.50
    CALLISTEMON viminalis 'Hot Pink'
    Bright pink
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £16.50
    CALLISTEMON viridiflorus 'Violaceus'
    Narrow leaves and purplish red bottlebrush flowers
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £16.50

    Useful extras...

    Fertilisers & Feeds - Vitax
    Blood, Fish & Bone
    Improves vegetable, fruit and flower quality. Blood, Fish and Bone contains three major nutrients essential for strong and healthy growth.
    1.5 kg
    £6.50
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    Rootgrow Ericoid mycorrhizal fungi
    This specially adapted Rootgrow™ mycorrhizal fungi will boost the growth of acid-loving plants like rhododendrons, azaleas, heathers and blueberries. It contains ericoid and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, which are found in poor acidic soils where ericaceous plants naturally grow.
    200g sachet
    £8.50
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    All-purpose Seaweed Stimulant
    All-purpose organic concentrated seaweed feed that is a ready to use, derived from sustainable harvested kelp, that can be used on all outdoor and indoor plants, except acid loving plants. Perfect used in conjunction with Rootgrow™.
    1 ltr
    £8.50
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