Key Benefits
 | Beautiful, scarlet flower spikes 4" long |
| Does well in moist soils |
| Attractive flowers and foliage |
Problem Solving Features
| Good for shrub border |
| Hedges, screens, windbreaks |
| Grows in most soil types |
|
Callistemon polandii Gold-tipped Bottlebrush |
Gold-tipped Bottlebrush: 6-15' x 3-9' dense shrub, dark red with gold tipped anthers 6-10 x 4-5 cm, full to part sun, moderate frost. Loam, boggy, damp, well drained, acid, neutral soils. Useful as hedge, windbreak or screening. A bushy swamp plant, very similar to C. phoeniceus. Blooms in spring and autumn and is noted for its long lasting, 9cm long, bright red, gold-tipped flowers. Leaves are 4 to 12 cm long. It is essentially an open bush, but when pruned grows into an attractive shrub.
| Temperature Rating | USDA Zone 9 |
| Type | Shrub to about 12' |
| Flower Color | Red with gold tip |
| Growth Rate | Moderate |
| Placement | Sun |
| Culture | Moderate/damp moisture |
| Native | Queensland |
| Family | Myrtaceae |
Key Benefits
|
Problem Solving Features
|
Thursday March 13, 2003 06:41 PM