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Kings Park Special bottlebrush Melaleuca viminalis 'Kings Park Special'
Previously known as Callistemon 'Kings Park Special', Callistemon viminalis 'Kings Park Special'
A cultivar of Melaleuca viminalis
When it flowers
- January, not flowering
- February, not flowering
- March, flowering
- April, flowering
- May, not flowering
- June, not flowering
- July, not flowering
- August, not flowering
- September, flowering
- October, flowering
- November, flowering
- December, flowering
Reliable, upright bottlebrush with bright red brushes, a standby for screens.
A long-established garden bottlebrush selected at Kings Park in Perth. It is denser and less weeping than the species, and covers itself in bright red brushes in spring with a smaller flush in autumn.
In the garden
- Attracts
- Birds and pollinating insects
- Flowers
- Bright red bottlebrush spikes, 8 to 10 cm long.
- Leaves
- Narrow, mid-green leaves; pink new growth.
Growing conditions
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Soil
- Sandy, loam and clay
- Drainage
- Copes with occasional wet
- Frost
- Light frost
- Water
- Some dry spells
- Coast
- Sheltered coastal gardens
- Climate
- Subtropical, dry summers (Mediterranean) and temperate
Planting and care
- Grown from
- Cuttings
Planting
Sun or part shade; space 1.5 m apart for a screen.
Pruning
Cut just behind the spent flower spikes to keep it dense and bring on more flowers.
Care
Water through long dry spells. Usually trouble-free; prune out tips webbed by sawfly larvae.
Where it comes from
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Order
- Myrtales
- Native to
- Garden origin
Where to buy
Widely available.
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Further reading
- Melaleuca viminalis 'Kings Park Special' on the Atlas of Living Australia (Atlas of Living Australia)
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