Thursday 3 May 2018

Bottle Brush

Bottlebrush plant anyway. Callistemon Citrinus. I used to a have a Callistemon growing in the conservatory many years ago. Even though the conservatory was heated in those days it died off one hard winter. There used to be a garden centre not far away which had one of these in a greenhouse. It had been growing for years and the display of bright red bottle brush shaped flowers put on a magnificent show every year. The version I have just planted in the front garden is rated at H3 which should be safe down to -5C:

 Callistemon Citrinus DSCN8374

For those who haven't seen a Callistemon:
You can see what the flowers look like here on the RHS site.

The two pots of Chinese Lantern plants are coming on well:

 Chinese Lantern Plant DSCN8375

Chinese Lantern Plant DSCN8376

It's nice to have some more unusual flowering plants and am really looking forward to the results.

2 comments:

  1. I keep answering your posts in the hopes that one day they will sart getting through again John.

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  2. I love Chinese Lanterns - I really ought to grow some here - you can dry them easily and put them in vases. Years ago I used to grow "everlasting flowers" (not sure of scientific name) but they were also easy to dry and made good arrangements for the winter months in the house.

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Thank you for visiting. Hope you enjoyed the pictures. Any comment, or correction to any information or identification I get wrong, is most welcome. John

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