Callistemon 'Rose Opal'

Callistemon 'Rose Opal'

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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 'Rose Opal' is a compact dwarf form of the Weeping Bottlebrush, Callistemon viminalis. It produces clusters of red bottlebrush flowers in spring and autumn. The flower spike is 70mm to 80mm long and fades to rose red. Callistemon 'Rose Opal' was grown from seed collected at Wappa Falls on the Maroochy River in 1956. One of these seedlings was selected as Callistemon 'Rose Opal' for its distinctive rose colour.

Distribution
Queensland

Growth Characteristics
Height (m): 1.5 - 2
Spread (m): 1 - 2
Soil Texture: sand, loam, clay
Soil pH: acid soils, neutral soils, alkaliine soils
Frost Sensitivity: moderately sensitive
Minimum Rainfall (mm): 500
Flower Colour: pink / red
Flower Season: spring

(source: SA State Flora Catalog)

Propagation
seed,

Wildlife Interest
birds, nectar

Classification

Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Callistemon
Variety:	'Rose Opal'

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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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