Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Callistemon R.Br. [140]

genus_ja:

genus_en: Bottlebrush

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accepted: Accepted

Family: Myrtaceae

family_ja: フトモモ

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distribution_en:

description_en: Genus of 25 species or more of ever-green trees and shrubs from Australia, most occurring in moist soil in open or woodland sites. The simple, alternate, leathery leaves are cylindrical to broadly lance-shaped. Callistemons are grown for their colourful, terminal or axillary, bottlebrush-like spikes of numerous tiny, 5-petalled, long-stamened flowers, which may be red, purple, pink, white, green, or yellow. Grow at the base of a house wall or in a shrub border. In frost-prone climates, grow half-hardy and tender species in a cool greenhouse.

hardiness_en: Fully hardy to frost tender.

cultivation_en:

propagation_en: Surface-sow seed on to moist compost at 16-18°C (61-64°F) in spring. Root semi-ripe cuttings in late summer.

pests_en: Red spider mites, mealybugs, and scale insects may be a problem, especially under glass.

description_ja:

comment: Australia

comment_ja: マキバブラシノキ

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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2020-09-04 03:56

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