Australian Native Plants

  Callistemon 'Mauve Mist'


Callistemon 'Mauve Mist' photo
Callistemon 'Mauve Mist' (foliage on right is from another Callistemon cultivar)

Photograph by wallygrom. Some rights reserved.    (view image details)



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 'Mauve Mist' is a dense shrub that grows to a height of about 3m.It produces bottlebrush flower spikes that grow up to 7 cm long and 5 cm wide, and are pink mauve in colour. The cultivar was grown from a seedling raised from seed collected from Callistemon 'Reeve's Pink'. It was accepted for registration with Australian Cultivar Registration Authority (ACRA) in May 1978.

Distribution
Victoria

Growth Characteristics
Height (m): 2 - 4
Spread (m): 2 - 4
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: spring, summer

(source: SA State Flora Catalog)

Propagation
cuttings,

Wildlife Interest
birds, nectar

Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Myrtales
Family:Myrtaceae
Genus:Callistemon
Variety:'Mauve Mist'


Relatives in same Genus
  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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