Melaleuca salicina, commonly known as willow bottlebrush, [2] is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, and is endemic to eastern Australia. Some Australian state herbaria continue to use the name Callistemon salignus, a name that is accepted by the Australian Plant Census. It is a shrub or small tree with soft foliage, pink new growth, white ...

Callistemon salignus is usually a small tree to about 7-8 metres high with soft, pendulous foliage and papery bark. Leaves are elongated elliptical in shape to about 100 mm long by 5-15 mm wide. A pink flowered cultivar, known as “Perth Pink”, is in cultivation.

Callistemon salignus (White Bottlebrush) - Upright evergreen large shrub or small tree to 20 to 25 feet tall with pale gray to white papery bark. It has 2 to 3 inch long narrow willow-like leaves that emerge a bright coppery pink color in winter and in spring and early summer it is covered with dense spikes of cream to pale-yellow bottlebrush ...

White Bottlebrush, Willow Bottlebrush, Melaleuca salicina Award-winning Callistemon salignus (White Bottlebrush) is an upright evergreen shrub or small tree adorned with a dense foliage of willow-like leaves, 2-3 in. long (5-7 cm), which emerge bright pink to copper.

2024年3月25日 · The specific epithet, salignus, is the Latin word meaning willow, and refers to the appearance of the leaves. Type: Flowering broadleaf evergreen. Outstanding Feature: Flowers, fragrant leaves and stem. Form: Rounded. Growth Rate: Moderate to rapid. Bloom: Spikes of creamy-white flowers with an abundance of long stamens, in spring

Synonyms: Melaleuca salicina Craven APNI* Description: Large shrub or small tree 3–10 m high; bark papery and peeling; branchlets flexuous; new growth purplish pink. Leaves narrow-elliptic, mostly 6–9 cm long, 5–14 mm wide, attenuate at both ends, apex acute; midrib, marginal and lateral veins distinct.

Scientific Name: Callistemon salignus. Plant Environment : Low maintenance garden, Coastal garden, Drought resistant. Frost Tolerance : Tolerates heavy frost, Tolerates light frost. Attracts Wildlife : Bees, Nectar eating birds, Butterflies, Other insects.

Melaleuca salicina, commonly known as white bottlebrush or willow bottlebrush, is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. (Some Australian state herbaria continue to use the name Callistemon salignus).

Attractive papery white bark, greyish-green foliage with flushes of pink new growth. Cream bottlebrush flowers to 8cm long in Spring/Summer. Attracts birds, possums, bats & bees. Hardy, but needs moisture. Excellent feature tree, for screening, and for colour. Natural Habitat: Wet Eucalypt Forest. Aspect: Full Sun.

2024年2月1日 · Willow Bottlebrush (Callistemon salignus aka Melaleuca salicina) Growing from a vigorous root system, plants can reach up to 50′ tall but in the garden usually grow 20-25′. New growth is pinky red while the papery bark is white or grey.