Callistemon SLIM 300mm AP

🌿✨ Callistemon ‘SLIM’ – Narrow Bottlebrush ✨🌿
 
The Callistemon ‘SLIM’ (Callistemon viminalis hybrid) is a unique, narrow-growing bottlebrush perfect for tight spaces, hedging, or screening. 🌿 With its upright growth, vibrant red flowers, and hardy nature, it delivers maximum impact in smaller gardens or along boundaries.
 
🌱 Size & Pot
✔️ 300mm air-prune pot – advanced young plant 🌳
✔️ Great size for establishing a quick screen or feature.
 
☀️ Sun & Soil
✔️ Full sun position ☀️
✔️ Grows well in most well-drained soils – hardy and adaptable.
 
🍂 Foliage & Seasonal Changes
✔️ Dense, evergreen foliage 🌿
✔️ Brilliant crimson-red bottlebrush flowers in spring and summer 🔴
✔️ Retains its neat, narrow habit year-round.
 
🌳 Growth Habit & Mature Size
✔️ Naturally narrow, upright shrub
✔️ Grows approx. 3m tall × 1.3m wide
✔️ Requires little pruning to maintain its slim form.
 
💡 Special Characteristics
🌿 Perfect for small gardens, courtyards, and narrow spaces
🌿 Bird-attracting nectar-rich flowers 🐦🐝
🌿 Drought and frost tolerant once established
🌿 Low-maintenance and hardy
 
🌸 Planting Ideas
✔️ Plant in rows as a narrow flowering hedge or screen
✔️ Perfect along driveways, fences, or side boundaries
✔️ Use in pots or courtyard gardens for vertical colour
✔️ Combine with other natives like grevilleas and wattles for continuous flowering