~ What a scarlet bursting delight to grow around the house. Green leaves with Red Bottle like flowers that attract the multitude of pollinators. You never feel alone, listening to the busy life of bees, observing birds, butterflies, hummingbirds and flying critters that are sapping on red flower juice.
There are an upright species and one that has a weeping form. The upright type can also make a nice screen or unclipped hedge. This tree can grow up to 25 ft high.
Moreover, evergreen Bottle Brush tree leaves are medicinal and a cousin to Melalukah Tree. By boiling a cup of leaves and branches a gallon of water, you can brew yourself a handmade antiseptic for your house and body.
Here is what our USF published about this specimen:
This popular evergreen tree has a dense, multi-trunked, low-branching, pendulous growth habit and a moderate growth rate. Mature specimens can reach 25- to 30-feet tall in 30 years, but most trees are seen 15- to 20-feet high and wide. The narrow, light green, 3- to 4-inch-long leaves tend to grow only at the ends of the long, hanging branches, creating a weeping effect. The cylindrical, bright scarlet blooms, three to five inches long and 1-inch wide, are composed of multiple, long, bristlelike stamens. These blooms appear in great abundance March through July, less so throughout the year. The flowers are followed by persistent woody capsules that are not noticed unless you are close to the tree.
This tree provides a nice shade in the Sunny days, but moreover, it’s very tolerant of freezing and hot and humid temperatures. Bottlebrush will thrive in full sun and can adapt to a variety of soils. Also, It’s a very drought- and salt-tolerant plant.
Such versatility is more than welcomed in my Florida backyard 😉
- http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/st111
- Attract Hummingbirds and Butterflies to Your Garden with the Bottlebrush Plant (PDF)
- Bottlebrush Shrub is a Magnet for Hummingbirds (PDF)
- Callistemon citrinus: Red Bottlebrush
- Callistemon viminalis: Weeping Bottlebrush
- Callistemon viminalis ‘Red Cascade’: ‘Red Cascade’ Weeping Bottlebrush
Until next time, my dear friends.
Luda@PlantsandBeyond🌿
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Oh, how I would like to plant that tree in our backyard! Alas, it thrives only in the milder climates in places like Florida. The flowers look so appealing, as your photos so clearly show. Have a great week, Luda!
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Thank you dear Peter, I am alway so grateful to see you. Forgive me if I don’t have a chance to respond sooner, but your messages always brighten my day. Say hi to Bien pls
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Such beautiful photos and lovely post!
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Thank you so much Valerie. How have you been?
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Doing well, thank you!
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I had one in my last garden. It came down in one of the hurricanes, but I had another one planted in it’s place.
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really? wow. Sorry to hear that. How is the new one doing now?
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We moved from the townhouse 3 years ago when Len almost died twice in hospital, but only to the next street, so I still see it. Just beautiful. Wish I still had it, but he couldn’t handle 19 stairs.
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Such a lovely tree and your dog is so pretty! ❤
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Thhank you so much Eliza 🙂
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I adore Bottle Brush originally I think comes from Australia they have many different colours. I did not know you could make an antiseptic wash with it. I like this as it will be good for cleansing.
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I have several in my garden as they are just as hardy as you say, tolerating almost every kind of weather including the -6 C frosts we had this year.
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Wow ! That’s amazing – didn’t know about the freezing weather and this tree – thank you for this info 🤗💖🤗
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