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If you want to add lushness and showy red flowers to your garden, Callistemon is the perfect plant! You can grow it in gardens, patios, terraces ... Xeriscape.
Evergreen shrub of 1-3m. Dark green lanceolate leaves. Bright red flowers that grow in a brush-like spike between the leaves. Its flowers attract birds. Once it has flowered, its flowers should be pruned, to achieve greater flowering until fall.
They like fertile, well-drained soils. It tolerates drought, coastal areas and high humidity. Once established it is resistant to almost all conditions. Resistant to saline winds.
Use
Balcony & Courtyard, Gardening, Coastal garden, Baskets & Containers
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Flowering
| Flower colour | Red |
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| Flowering period | May, June, July, August, September, Summer |
Foliage
| Foliage persistence | Evergreen |
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| Foliage colour | Green |
Botanical information
| Botanical name | Callistemon rigidus |
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| Wildlife | Birds |
When to plant?
| Planting period | March, April, May, June, September, October, November, December, Spring-Autumn |
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Where to plant?
| Type of use | Balcony & Courtyard, Gardening, Coastal garden, Baskets & Containers |
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| Exposure | Sun |
| Soil pH | No preference |
| Soil type | Fertile |
| Soil moisture | Well-drained |
| Hardiness | Drought resistant, Hardy (-15ºC) |
| Climate zone | Mediterranean |
Care
| Watering | Little |
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