Last week I featured the Kunzea capitata, this week I am featuring the Kunzea affinis. Genus: Kunzea Species: affinis Common Name: Flower Colour: Pink Foliage Colour: Green Growth Habit: Shrub to 1.5m Flowering: Spring The Kunzea affinis is a small shrub which grows to roughly 1.5m in height. It usually grows with an upright nature [...] 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 »
Plant of the Month – Beaufortia sparsa
Last week I featured the Beaufortia purpurea, this week I am featuring the Beaufortia sparsa. Genus: Beaufortia Species: sparsa Common Name: Southwest bottlebrush Flower Colour: Red Foliage Colour: Green Growth Habit: Shrub 1m Flowering: Autumn I haven’t actually grown or seen the sparsa in person but the photo’s I have seen make it look really [...] Click to read more »
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