Callistemon Species, Crimson Bottlebrush, Lemon Bottlebrush

A GARDEN MUST HAVE FOR THE NATURE ENTHUSIAST OF THE FLYING VARIETY

I purchased this plant for a botanical loving friend of...Read More mine last spring at about 4' tall. She has mostly shade but placed it at a fence that receives some light. It blooms sparsely from April-May but has not grown much taller.

I loved the blooms so much that I purchased one for myself shortly after and planted it in my garden bed along our fence in mostly sun. It has grown to over 6' tall in just one year and blooms July-August but in patches.
I moved it just 2' in distance in the fall and it dropped a good portion of its leaves. I was afraid that I had killed it. I was pleasantly surprised to see soft,new,light green growth this spring off old growth. The fallen leaves have yet to replace themselves though. I have seen a few branches with blooms but just 1-4 flowers per stem instead of the "loaded bottle brush" appearance. I believe that as time goes on it will get back to its old self.
My neighbor across the street has had one for 20 years and it is 12' tall and about 5' wide and is LOADED with blooms, bees, butterflies, and hbirds in early spring. I have to guard against jealousy!! But I am patient and know that my little tree will reward me given time.

My first bottle brush is a tree about 15 feet tall, beautiful blooms every year. I purchased another one that I am not seeing the same r...Read Moreesult. They are only about 10 feet apart. I hear there are trees and bushes. How do I know the difference? I prefer trees but am not sure the nurseries I buy them from know the difference. Any info would be appreciated.

I fell in love with these on a trip to San Francisco, knowing full well that they wouldn't do well in Texas. Of the 5 I had, 3 died in l...Read Moreast year's record cold. The ones which came back are dwarf variety and I was able to mulch and placed lightweight foam pots over them when temps went below freezing. I was surprised and pleased since they can be expensive here. They don't bloom as well as the regular ones, but that may be more about location. I have had the taller ones survive milder winters by covering with blankets. They grow and bloom better in the ground than in a pot.

I purchased a Bottle Brush plant 3 years ago, about 12" tall and put it in a pot on the patio, it has tripled in size but we have just ha...Read Mored the worst cold weather for 30years and it looks a little poorly now. Hoping it will survive. Has beautiful blooms quite breathtaking. I will be transplanting it in the ground this summer - if it has not died.

The only BB cold hardy in zone 8a is Woodlander's Red. Citrinus will die all the way to the roots if exposed to temps below 15f. Pay n...Read Moreo attention to the plant tag info - it's not accurate. I've lost much money on BB that Dave's Garden says is cold hardy in zone 8a.

We bought this tree on a whim 7 years ago it is now about 6 feet tall and in our heat we see blooms practically all year long all the bir...Read Moreds, butterfly and bees love this tree and it beautiful to look at. I would love to plant more around our house – but I am unable to locate in the nurseries

We have two Bottle Brushes, Curacao, Dutch West Indies,

temp. average 30 degr.C./much wind/little rain, very arid.

Assured plant would thrive here. We had a long very cold spell last winter, thought sure I had lost my bottle brush. It looks a little s...Read Moread, but has new growth at the base and maybe on the tops of branches. I will leave it to see what happens with it for the summer.

Beautiful plant, grows especially well here in western UK where it is very hardy. It loves our high humidity as long as it is given good ...Read Moresandy drainage.

I can only say good things about this plant, it is my favourite shrub by a long way.

Edit: following the past above (which is correct), the hardiness issue needs clearing up.

Callistemon citrinus is hardy in leaf to -6C, it will lose its leaves with lower temperatures but come back up to about -9C

It is only hardy to zone 9a. If anyones survived lower than -10C then it is most likely a different type like C. pallidus, C. rigidus, or C.sibieri.

The plants in the photos on tthe right here are C. rigidus!

I love this "tree", purchased as a shrub, we trim up from the base so that it will become a "tree". We've had it 2 years, (its about 4 /1...Read More2 feet tall) The hummingbirds just love it and the hooded orioles too!. It blooms all summer and stays green during our mild winter in Southern Ca. It's planted against a wall with an eastern exposure, & seems to tolerate heat , drought and our clay soil.

Grows like crazy here in Arizona with only twice weekly irrigation in the hottest part of summer. Other times requires very little suppl...Read Moreemental irrigation. Extremely drought tolerant.

I have not grown this plant. Lemon Bottlebrush, Crimson Bottlebrush (Callistemon citrinus) is an introduced plant that has naturalized i...Read Moren Louisiana and Puerto Rico.

I have one (maybe 2...one never was labeled) of these - nice shrub!...especially since we can't seem to grow azaleas with any success (th...Read Moreough I'm told some of the evergreen varieties are heat-tolerant).

This plant was grown from a plug plant obtained from Mair & Thompsom circa 1999. Now quite tall, it is a robust grower not yet tried out...Read Moreside but is comfortable in a cold greenhouse zone 8a UK. Lare leaves, new leaves light maroon and a little furry. Stamens get covered in large globules of nectar, a rich scarlet bottle brush quite large flower.

Grows well in Murfreesboro, Tennessee with protection and a lot of mulch.

This plant is virtually pest-free and grows with no special care. It can flower off and on throughout the year.

Native to Australia and New Zealand, there are about 25 species of Callistemon, which are closely related to the Melaleucas from the same...Read More part of the world. The young shoots of C. citrinus are pink or red and silky. The flower spike (the so-called bottle brush) is like a giant pipe cleaner and bright crimson.

Listed as Zone 9, C. citrinus (aka "Crimson Bottlebrush") will tolerate short periods of down to –10°C. C. sieberi is the hardiest of all the species; having been recorded as surviving occasional lows of –17° C.

Raising from seed will yield variable results; some will be scented, others will not.

The foliage smells lemony when crush...Read Moreed or bruised. Bright red flowers are very attractive to hummingbirds and butterflies.