Bottlebrush & Protea
The definitions of this category are fairly broad containing not only plants from the collection named 'Bottlebrushes' the most familiar of which being the callistemon. But also plants such as grevillea and leucadendron from the Proteaceae family.
Callistemon offer a profusion of vibrant colours often for long periods through spring and summer and sporadically throughout the year. Click here for more information on Callistemon
Grevillea, offer ornamental elegance, displaying attractive needle-like foliage and distinctive spider-like flowers for long periods. Click here for more on grevilleas
Callistemon 'Candy Pink'
An erect shrub, very floriferous with red flowers that fade to pink with age, flowers in late spring. Excellent feature plant.
Callistemon 'Dawson River'
Quick-growing small tree with an exceptionally weeping habit. Peak flowering occurs in late spring. Excellent specimen tree.
Callistemon 'Glasshouse Country'
Bottlebrush with an upright growth habit and soft papery bark and attractive pink flowers.
Callistemon 'Hannah Ray'
Weeping Bottlebrush, with scarlet flowers and green foliage. Peak flowering occurs in late spring.
Callistemon 'Kings Park Special'
Excellent, very floriferous bottlebrush with handsome foliage and striking crimson red flowers
Callistemon 'Little John'
'Dwarf Bottlebrush' has attractive dark green/blue foliage and deep red flowers.
Callistemon 'Perth Pink'
Bottlebrush with beautiful pink brushes.
Callistemon 'Prolific'
Quick-growing small bottlebrush tree which grows up to 5m high, with red flowers and green foliage.
Callistemon citrinus
Evergreen small tree that has dramatic red flowers from June to October and a citrus scent in the leaves when rubbed.
Callistemon citrinus 'White Anzac'
White Bottlebrush, a low spreading shrub with pure white flowers.
Callistemon citrinus ‘splendens’
This evergreen shrub or small tree produces splendid crimson-red, brush-like flowers in Spring and Summer
Callistemon forresteraae 'Susan'
Compact shrub with light papery bark, dense grey-green foliage. Very floriferous with glossy purple-maroon flowers in spring and autumn.
Callistemon kenmorrisonii 'Kenneth'
Quick-growing small tree which grows up to 5m high, with crimson red flowers and green foliage.
Callistemon kenmorrisonii 'Lone Ranger'
Compact shrub with papery bark. New red stems exhibit large crimson flowers in spring and summer.
Callistemon pallidus
Large evergreen bottlebrush that has a lemony smell present in the dark green leaves and cream to greenish yellow flowers.
Callistemon pityoides
'Alpine Bottlebrush' has needle-like leaves and creamy to pale yellow bottlebrushes which are produced from spring to summer.
Callistemon rigidus
Bushy stiff-stemmed bottlebrush with linear to lance-shaped, dark green leaves. In summer, bears deep red flowers in numerous spikes.
Callistemon viminalis 'Rose Opal'
Weeping Bottlebrush, a vigorous bottlebrush with a weeping form. Prolific flowerer.
Callistemon viminalis 'Rose Opal' (Standard)
Bottlebrush in standard form, with crimson red flowers and green foliage.
Grevillea 'Canberra Gem'
A robust shrub for a sunny, warm position with silky narrow aromatic foliage and waxy, pinky-red flowers.
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Grevillea 'Clearview David'
Erect rounded Grevillea with prolific clusters of red flowers, profuse in late winter and spring.
Grevillea 'Coastal Glow'
Beautiful shrub which has interesting crimson-red toothbrush like flowers for most of the year.
