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Callistemon 'Dawson River weeper'
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Uses: This smaller Bottlebrush has rich red flowers in spring and summer.
This is a cultivar of C.viminalis.
Prune after flowering.
Flowers attract native birds especially honeyeaters.

  • Canopy Shape canopy-domed Domed
  • Height 1.5-2m
  • Spread 4-5m
  • Position
    • position-partshade Part Shade
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
  • Family Myrtaceae
  • Botanical Name Callistemon 'Dawson River weeper'
  • Habit Dense, Weeping
  • Landscape Plains, Footslopes, Hills, Coast, Coastal footslopes, 2nd line coast
  • Soil Texture Clay, Loam, Sand
  • pH Acidic, Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Moderate frost, Drought
  • Supplementary Watering Minimal
  • Flower Colour Red
  • Flowering Time Spring, Autumn, Summer
  • Foliage Grey-green
  • Flower Type Bottlebrush
  • Purpose Ornamental
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Trunk Furrowed
  • Form Small Tree (Up to 7m)