SHRUBS > CALLISTEMON > multifariousness
IN THIS GUIDE
CALLISTEMON GUIDES
SplendensVarieties
For a shrub that originated in Australia , quite a number of varieties can be found in the United Kingdom .
“ Callistemon are half - hardy with a H3 on the RHS hardiness scale , ” deal Colin Skelly , a Horticulturist with almost 15 years of experience .
“ This throw them perfect for coastal garden with milder wintertime but vulnerable to the low winter temperatures across much of the UK .
“ They can be planted in conservatory , glasshouses or pots to move back inside in the winter . ”
Here is a selection of my favorite Bottlebrush varieties , which also read off the diversity in the Callistemon genus :
1)C. citrinus‘Splendens’
‘ Splendens ’ is the most popularand well - established variety .
It has a liberal habit in nature and grows to a little Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree of 3 - 6 meter with a scatter of about 3 m.
It is so popular because it is both very floriferous and has a very farsighted flowering season , covering spring and summer .
Its brushes are hopeful ruby-red , varying from vermilion to crimson .
2)C. citrinus‘Mauve Mist’
This variety is moot more of a spreading , bushy shrub as its spread may well be greater than its height of typically 3 m.
It flowers for two or three months in the summertime and is appreciate for the particular chromaticity of its 10 cm brushes , which are a pinkish or light mauve chromaticity .
3)C. citrinus‘Perth Pink’
‘ Perth pinkish ’ is a small bush grow only to a elevation and spread of 1.5 - 2 m.
An attractive feature is that unseasoned leaves are pink - red .
This variety bloom unpredictably and variably – you may get vivid rose - pinkish brushes in spring , summertime , or autumn .
4)C. citrinus‘White Anzac’
‘ White Anzac ’ is maybe the most unusual cultivar because its brushes are pure white .
It may be a enceinte shrub or a low tree with a maximal top and propagate of about 3 m.
The foliation is a bright immature with a argent sheen and this variety flowers from late spring to former summertime .
5)C. viminalis‘Little John’
This diverseness is rather unlike its bountiful and brawny namesake , who was Robin Hood ’s staunch companion , for it is a gnome that reaches heights of only 40 - 70 cm .
It is a bush of a naturally assault course that flush during summer , produce brushes of an vivid blood red to crimson chromaticity .
6)C. viminalis
Also known as ‘ Weeping Bottlebrush ’ , this variety is a large bush , spreading and shaggy , or a small Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree from 6 - 8 m depending on how you wish well to prune and develop it .
It has light , silverish light-green leave only 3 - 5 cm long .
Its particular feature is that branches and flowers are pendent and droopy and it also produces long brushes that are a scarlet red colour .
7)C. viridiflorus‘Violaceus’
This is a medium - sized bush of about 1.5 megabyte with a similar spread that has arc ramification and a compact habit .
It has greyish - green leafage of only about 3 centimetre and dense brush of up to 8 cm in distance , which have an strange and delicious lilac to mauve hue .
8)C. pallidus
‘ Lemon Bottlebrush ’ , as it is commonly known , is cognize for its citrusy scent and its brushes that vary from cream to a lemon - jaundiced shade .
This variety is a medium - sized shrub of 2 - 4 m in summit and a spread to pair .
Its leaves are greyish - unripe and not as narrow as most other kind .
9)C. salignus
Callistemon salignushas an additional colour interestingness as its leaves come forth scarlet and stick flushed for quite a long time , eventually turning a deep shade of green .
reckon on how you rise it , it is a large shrub or intermediate tree diagram ranging in sizing from 5 - 12 m.
It endure a richness of brushes from later spring to the middle of summer that are of brightness but bright lily-livered hue .
