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Hardiness: USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F) USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F) USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F) USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F) USDA Zone 10a: to -1.1 °C (30 °F) USDA Zone 10b: to 1.7 °C (35 °F)
Sun Exposure: Full Sun
Danger: N/A
Bloom Color: Red
Bloom Time: Mid Spring Late Spring/Early Summer Mid Summer
Foliage: Evergreen Aromatic
Other details: Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds Flowers are fragrant
Soil pH requirements: 5.6 to 6.0 (acidic) 6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic) 6.6 to 7.5 (neutral)
Patent Information: Non-patented
Propagation Methods: From semi-hardwood cuttings
Seed Collecting: Bag seedheads to capture ripening seed Collect seedhead/pod when flowers fade; allow to dry Properly cleaned, seed can be successfully stored
On Oct 30, 2009, donnacreation from Sumter, SC (Zone 8a) wrote:
Fully cold hardy in central SC, but hard to find at local nurseries. Often bottlebrush around here is only cold hardy to 9a, although purportedly otherwise. Buyer beware!
On Jun 6, 2008, stephenp from Wirral, UK, Zone 9a United Kingdom (Zone 9a) wrote:
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 sandy drainage.
I can only say good things about this plant, it is my favourite shrub by a long way.
On Mar 29, 2008, QCHammy from Queen Creek, AZ (Zone 9a) wrote:
Grows like crazy here in Arizona with only twice weekly irrigation in the hottest part of summer. Other times requires very little supplemental irrigation. Extremely drought tolerant.
On Mar 6, 2008, htop from San Antonio, TX (Zone 8b) wrote:
I have not grown this plant. Lemon Bottlebrush, Crimson Bottlebrush (Callistemon citrinus) is an introduced plant that has naturalized in Louisiana and Puerto Rico.
On Oct 26, 2006, dstrick7 from Winterville, GA wrote:
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 (though I'm told some of the evergreen varieties are heat-tolerant).
On Sep 2, 2001, eltel from Macclesfield, CHESHIRE (Zone 8a) wrote:
Native to Australia and New Zealand, there are about 25 species of Callistemon, which are closely related to the Melaleucas from the same 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.
On Aug 31, 2001, Terry from Murfreesboro, TN (Zone 7a) wrote:
Raising from seed will yield variable results; some will be scented, others will not.
The foliage smells lemony when crushed or bruised. Bright red flowers are very attractive to hummingbirds and butterflies.
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
, Mobile, Alabama Vincent, Alabama Queen Creek, Arizona Auburn, California Chowchilla, California Long Beach, California Manteca, California Sacramento, California San Jose, California Homosassa, Florida Keystone Heights, Florida Pensacola, Florida Punta Gorda, Florida Ruskin, Florida Saint Petersburg, Florida Venice, Florida Yulee, Florida Winterville, Georgia Lake Charles, Louisiana Dallas, Oregon Caguas, Puerto Rico Beaufort, South Carolina Bluffton, South Carolina Conway, South Carolina Lexington, South Carolina (2 reports) Saint Helena Island, South Carolina Sumter, South Carolina Murfreesboro, Tennessee Belton, Texas Brownsville, Texas El Paso, Texas Houston, Texas (2 reports) Liberty Hill, Texas Round Rock, Texas Santa Fe, Texas Spring, Texas Timpson, Texas Seattle, Washington
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