Tuesday 30 June 2020

Red Bottle Brushes

The Callistemon (bottle brush plant) may be somewhat straggly in growth

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but the unusual brilliant red flowers make up for it

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Even though it is not a native British plant it attracts a lot of bees.
I wonder what bottle brush honey tastes like.
This coming Autumn I will try to cultivate some cuttings.

3 comments:

  1. I have never seen this plant before John - it is lovely - I shall read up about it. Windy and cold here in North Yorkshire.

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  2. I think I'll give this plant a try, as I have seen it growing in gardens nearby.

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  3. Yes, take some cuttings and get a swarm of bees. Oh, and a hive for them to live in.

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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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