Australian Native Plants

  Callistemon 'Lavender Showers'


Callistemon 'Lavender Showers' photo
Callistemon 'Lavender Showers' shrub

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Callistemon 'Lavender Showers' photo
Callistemon 'Lavender Showers' shrub

Photograph copyright: oznativeplants - all rights reserved.



Growth Characteristics information is sourced from: State Flora Catalog, Government of South Australia Licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license.



PLANT FACTS

Description
Callistemon 'Lavender Showers' is a large shrub or small tree with levender pink bottlebrush flowers in spring and summer. The leaves are rigid, narrow and lance shaped. The flower spike is a typical bottlebrush shape. The main flowering period is in spring with intermittent flowers through the summer. The bark is rough and light brown.

Growth Characteristics
Height (m): 4
Spread (m): 2.5 - 3
Soil Texture: sand, loam, clay
Soil pH: acid soils, neutral soils, alkaliine soils
Frost Sensitivity: resistant
Minimum Rainfall (mm): 500
Flower Colour: purple
Flower Season: winter, spring

(source: SA State Flora Catalog)

Propagation
cuttings,

Wildlife Interest
birds, nectar



Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Myrtales
Family:Myrtaceae
Genus:Callistemon
Variety:'Lavender Showers'


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  Callistemon brachyandrus
  Callistemon citrinus 'Firebrand'
  Callistemon citrinus 'Splendens'
  Callistemon citrinus
  Callistemon glaucus
  Callistemon linearis
  Callistemon montanus
  Callistemon pachyphyllus
  Callistemon pallidus
  Callistemon pearsonii
  Callistemon phoeniceus
  Callistemon pinifolius
  Callistemon pityoides
  Callistemon polandii
  Callistemon rugulosus
  Callistemon salignus
  Callistemon teretifolius
  Callistemon viminalis 'Hannah Ray'
  Callistemon viminalis 'Wildfire'
  Callistemon viminalis
  Callistemon 'Eureka'
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