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  • Bottlebrush River x 1 Plant Alpine Crimson Native Plants Shrubs Trees Red Bottle Brush Hardy Callistemon sieberi Melaleuca paludicola

Bottlebrush River x 1 Plant Alpine Crimson Native Plants Shrubs Trees Red Bottle Brush Hardy Callistemon sieberi Melaleuca paludicola

  • Product Code: callistemon-sieberi-river-1
  • Availability: 10

  • $4.95

  • 5 or more $3.95

You will receive 1 plant of Bottlebrush River Deep Red Flowering Form. Callistemon sieberi. Bright Crimson Flowers Hardy Native Plants.
Some Alpine River Bottle Brush will flower yellow or pink

If you buy 5 or more, you will receive $1.00 off per plant!

Not for Western Australia, Northern Territory or Tasmania

The plants you will receive in this listing will be 10-15cm tall, will be in individual 40x80 hyco pots, will have established roots and will be ready to plant into your garden.

 
 
Alpine River Bottlebrush x 1
Sieberi Crimson Bottlebrush
Callistemon sieberi 
Synonyms:
Callistemon pityoides
Callistemon paludosus
Recently reclassified as:
Melaleuca paludicola
 
 Wikipedia states:
Melaleuca paludicola, commonly known as river bottlebrush, is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. (Some Australian state herbaria continue to use the names Callistemon sieberi or Callistemon paludosus.)[2] It is a shrub or small tree with flexible, often drooping branches, pinkish new growth and spikes of cream, pale yellow, or sometimes pink flowers in summer.
 
This is the crimson form of this variety. 
 
Very popular due to its dense growing habit and profuse flowers.
 
Hardy and quite fast growing native shrubs, that will give an abundace of vivid red bottlebrush flowers in summer.
 
Drought-tolerant once established (xeriscape plants).
 
Great also for containers, edging, rockeries, hedges, borders, screens etc 
 
Can be pruned quite hard.
 
This variety will grow to a height of approximately 2-4 metre tall and wide.
 
They attract birds to your garden.
 
They can also be grown in frost prone and coastal areas.
 
Once established this variety will handle long periods without rain but it will also grow well in quite wet conditions.
 
They pretty much look after themselves once established.
 
Able to withstand full sun to semi shade.
 
 They will grow in most soil types.
 
Deer resistant.



Not for Western Australia, Northern Territory or Tasmania

Plantinspirations Online Garden Plants Nursery works hard to try and ensure our notes on the variety/varieties listed are true and correct, but do not accept any responsibility for errors or misinformation that may have occurred either by my staff or me.  

Tags: callistemon, melaleuca, native, shrubs, red flowers, purple flowers, scented foliage, full sun, drought resistant, frost resistant, evergreen, xeriscaping, pots, hedging, bird attracting