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Great Balls of Fire Bottlebrush

Callistemon 'Great Balls of Fire' · Myrtaceae

A dense rounded bottlebrush grown chiefly for its brilliant red and pink new foliage flushes, with occasional red brushes. A colourful, hardy low hedge.

At a glance

Habit: Shrub
Light: Full Sun, Part Shade
Water: Moderate Water
Soil: Clay Soil, Well-Drained
Climate: Warm Temperate, Subtropical, Cool Temperate
Frost: Frost-Hardy
Mature size: 1.5 m H × 1.5 m W
Foliage: Evergreen
Flowering: Spring Flowering, Summer Flowering
Maintenance: Low Maintenance

Good for

Hedging & Screening
Feature / Specimen
Bird-Attracting
Coastal / Salt-Tolerant