Tall Bottle-brush, Weeping Bottlebrush, Drooping Bottlebrush, Creek Bottlebrush, Red Bottlebrush
Common Name
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Tall Bottle-brush, Weeping Bottlebrush, Drooping Bottlebrush, Creek Bottlebrush, Red Bottlebrush
Chinese Name
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串錢柳
Scientific Name
:
Callistemon viminalis
Classification
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Evergreen
Origin
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East coast of Australia
Flowering Period
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March to May in Hong Kong
About
Tall Bottle-brush is an excellent horticultural plant – fast-growing, highly adaptable, shade tolerant, and useful for controlling soil erosion. In addition to serving as a garden plant and street tree, it can be planted in buffer strips, parking lots, along highways, or as hedges and barriers. However, since it is not cold-tolerant, is susceptible to frost, and requires a lot of water, it should be planted in moist soil with good drainage.
Source: Greening, Landscape & Tree Management Section Development Bureau (greening.gov.hk)