BOTTLEBRUSHES 
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BOTTLEBRUSH 
* FLAME BOTTLEBRUSH (Calliste- 
mon citrinus splendens.). Clarke says an 
is much the finest kind of bottlebrush. 
does well all over Florida, making a ae 
or tree, 10 feet or more; the young shoots 
are pink and silvery. The large bottle- 
brush flowers around the ends of the shoots 
are shiny vermillion, each stamen_tip- 
ped with gold. It flowers with great free- 
dom, making a magnificent show. This 
and the Showy Bottlebrush should be 
planted everywhere throughout Florida 
instead of the old-style C. 
(Syn. C. citrinus) for they are just as 
hardy and much more beautiful. 
WEEPING BOTTLEBRUSH (C. 
viminalis). Like Flame Bottlebrush but 
bushier with long drooping branches. Lord 
calls it “a beautiful tree worthy of general 
cultivation; of graceful, weeping appear- 
ance.” It grows fast and may attain 20 
Feet. 
NARROWLEAF BOTTLEBRUSH (C. 
linearis). This rare tropical, shrubby 
bottlebrush has showy deep red flowers 
through Spring and Summer, and narrow 
4-5-inch leaves grooved on the upper 
surface. 
lanceolatus 
SHOWY BOTTLEBRUSH 
* SHOWY BOTTLEBRUSH (C. speci- 
osus). Irvo Hammet considers this the 
finest of all bottlebrushes and it is my No. 
1 choice for all Florida. It grows rapidly 
to 15-18 feet, very graceful, flushed with 
6-inch spikes of deep red flowers several 
times a year and each anther is tipped 
with gold. Lord. says it should be freely 
used in gardens and for highway planting. 
STIFF BOTTLEBRUSH 
* STIFF BOTTLEBRUSH (C. rigidus). 
This photograph of a hedge in a Florida 
yard shows how this stiff plant with bril- 
liant crimson flower heads can be used 
effectively. It becomes a 5 to 8 feet 
shrub in time, but is slow growing, holds 
its foliage to the ground and flowers twice 
a year. It should be pruned well to keep 
its shape. It endures hard, dry condi- 
tions. 
