General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Wet
Wet Mesic
Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Plant Height: 6-12 feet (2-4 m)
Plant Spread: 6-9 feet (2-3 m)
Leaves: Evergreen
Fragrant
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Red
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Provide light
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem

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Common names
  • Crimson Bottlebrush
  • Lemon Bottlebrush
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Melaleuca citrina
  • Synonym: Callistemon citrinus
  • Synonym: Callistemon citrinus var. splendens
  • Synonym: Callistemon laevis
  • Synonym: Callistemon lanceolatus

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Location: Glendale, AZ
Date: 2020-11-18
Hummingbird hovers near a Callistemon bloom.
Location: Glendale, AZ
Date: 2018-11-26
Crimson Bottlebrush (Callistemon citrinus)
Uploaded by rvird01

Date: 2018-08-01
Uploaded by rvird01
Location: Fountain, Florida 
Date: 2023-04-12
Location: Missouri Botanical Garden in St Louis
Date: 2024-02-22
Location: Fountain, Florida 
Date: 2023-04-12
Location: Parc Sama - Tarragona (Spain)
Date: 2023-09-12
Location: Barcelona, Spain | April, 2023 
Date: 2023-04-02
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (Belgium)
Date: 2017-07-18
Location: Barcelona, Spain | April, 2023 
Date: 2023-04-02
Location: Fountain, Florida
Date: 2023-04-12
Location: Fountain, Florida 
Date: 2023-04-12
Uploaded by Calif_Sue
Location: At the San Francisco Zoo
Location: Barcelona, Spain | April, 2023 
Date: 2023-04-02
Location: Barcelona, Spain | April, 2023 
Date: 2023-04-02
Location: Botanical garden of Crete
Date: 2022-05-30
Location: Botanical garden of Crete
Location: Barcelona, Spain | April, 2023 
Date: 2023-04-02
Location: Barcelona, Spain | April, 2023 
Date: 2023-04-02
Location: Parc de Saleccia - Corsica - France
Date: 2024-04-25
Location: Lloret de Mar 
Date: 2019-04-25
Location: Barcelona, Spain | April, 2023 
Date: 2023-04-02
Location: Botanical garden of Crete
Date: 2022-06-01
Uploaded by SongofJoy
Location: Barcelona, Spain | April, 2023 
Date: 2023-04-02
Location: Barcelona, Spain | April, 2023 
Date: 2023-04-02
Location: St. Augustine, FL.
Date: 2016-05-11
Location: St. Augustine, FL.
Date: 2016-05-11
Location: St. Augustine, FL.
Date: 2016-05-11
Location: Bishop's Palace, Galveston, Texas
Date: 2022-04-09
Location: Seville, Spain | April, 2023
Date: 2023-04-05
Location: Parc de Saleccia - Corsica - France
Date: 2024-04-25
Location: Ethiopia, Bale Mountains National Park.
Location: Ethiopia, Bale Mountains National Park.
Location: Parc Sama - Tarragona (Spain)
Date: 2023-09-12
Location: Parc Sama - Tarragona (Spain)
Date: 2023-09-12

photo credit: Dinkum
Location: Lloret de Mar
Date: 2019-04-25
Patch of plants
Location: Botanical garden of Crete
Date: 2022-06-01

credit: Prenn
Location: Athens (Greece)
Location: Athens (Greece)
Location: Botanical garden of Madeira
Date: 2023-04-11
Location: Botanical garden of Madeira
Location: Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Date: March
credit: Magnus Manske
Location: Botanical garden of Crete
Date: 2022-06-01
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RobGlen On October 6, 2018 Cuttings took
Six cuttings taken from plant. Used growth hormone on woody sticks and placed in pots. Watered well and placed in the shade.
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