General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9a -6.7 °C (20 °F) to -3.9 °C (25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 6 to 10 feet
Plant Spread: 6 to 8 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Fruit: Other: Small woody capsules containing numerous seeds
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Other: Pale lemon-yellow
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Fall
Late fall or early winter
Winter
Uses: Flowering Tree
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Salt tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Other: semi-mature woody cutting

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Common names
  • Lemon Bottlebrush
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Melaleuca pallida
  • Synonym: Callistemon pallidus

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Location: Botanical Garden of Barcelona
Date: 2019-04-22
Location: Botanical garden of Barcelona (Spain)
Location: Botanical garden of Barcelona (Spain)
Date: 2022-04-16
Location: Brookings, Oregon
Date: 2014-05-16
Location: Botanical Garden of Barcelona
Date: 2019-04-22
Fresh
Location: Botanical Garden of Barcelona
Date: 2019-04-22
Old scars
Location: Botanical Garden of Barcelona
Date: 2019-04-22
Location: Botanical Garden Brookings, Oregon
Date: 2016-05-03
Location: Botanical Garden München-Nymphenburg, Munich, Germany.
Date: April
credit: Diego Delso

Photo courtesy of: MomentsForZen
Location: Brookings, Oregon
Date: 2014-05-16
Location: Botanical Garden Brookings, Oregon
Date: 2016-05-03
Location: Botanical Garden Brookings, Oregon
Date: 2016-05-03
Location: Botanical Garden Brookings, Oregon
Date: 2016-05-03
Location: Botanical Garden Barcelona (Spain)
Location: Botanical Garden Barcelona (Spain)
Location: Botanical Garden Barcelona (Spain)
Date: 2017-05-21
Comments:
  • Posted by gardengus (Indiana Zone 5b) on May 18, 2014 12:13 PM concerning plant:
    Native to Australia, as all Callistemons are.
    This one is a bit more frost tolerant than most.
    Pruning for shape and more flowers is advised.

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