Last week I featured the Kunzea baxteri, this week I’ll be featuring the Kunzea ambigua Genus: Kunzea Species: ambigua Common Name: Tick bush Flower Colour: White Foliage Colour: Green Growth Habit: Shrub to 2m Flowering: Spring This stunning Australian native is found naturally occuring on the south east coast of Australia. The beautiful white flowers [...] Click to read more »
Nurseries of Australia – Wariapendi Nursery
I really enjoy doing research each month to find new nurseries from around Australia because I really enjoy discovering places like Wariapendi Nursery. Wariapendi Nursery is located in the southern highlands of NSW and specialises in the propagation and sale of Australian native plants, with the ability to produce over 1 million seedlings per year. [...] Click to read more »
Plant of the Month – Kunzea baxteri
Welcome to the Plant of the Month series for October. This month I will be featuring a little known Australian native called the Kunzea. I say little known because not many people have heard of them, however they are actually quite common and many varieties look quite similar to a bottle brush. This weeks variety [...] Click to read more »
Plant of the Month – Callistemon phoeniceus
Last week I featured the Callistemon glaucus, this week I am featuring the Callistemon phoeniceus. Genus: Callistemon Species: phoeniceus Common Name: Scarlett Bottlebrush Flower Colour: Red Foliage Colour: Grey-Green Growth Habit: Shrub to 2m Flowering: Spring to Summer Though the flower colour is ‘said’ to be red I can’t help but notice a pinkish tinge [...] Click to read more »
Plant of the Month – Callistemon glaucus
Last week I featured the Callistemon citrinus, this week I am featuring the Callistemon glaucus. Genus: Callistemon Species: glaucus Common Name: Albany Bottlebrush Flower Colour: Red Foliage Colour: Green Growth Habit: Shrub to 2m Flowering: Spring to Summer This variety of Callistemon is a great choice for a hedge or screen. It grows best in [...] Click to read more »
Plant of the Month – Callistemon citrinus
Last week I featured the Callistemon braccyandrus, this week I am featuring the Callistemon citrinus. Genus: Callistemon Species: citrinus Common Name: Crimson Bottlebrush Flower Colour: Red Foliage Colour: Green Growth Habit: Small Tree to 3m Flowering: Spring to Autumn The Crimson Bottlebrush could well be called the King of the Bottlebrush family. It is by [...] Click to read more »
Plant of the Month – Callistemon braccyandrus
So far this month I have reviewed a number of Australian plant varieties that resemble the common Bottlebrush or that have the name ‘Bottlebrush’ as part of their common name. As such I thought it was about time that I reviewed the actual genus that is generally considered to be the actual Bottlebrush, which is [...] Click to read more »
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