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Callistemon 'Little Caroline'
- File Number
- 1814
- ACRA Field Book Number
- 1708
- Registration Date
- 10/11/2022
- Application Received
- 06/11/2019
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Cultivar Name
- Callistemon 'Little Caroline'
- Origin
- A result of a controlled pollination or manipulated cross Parents - Female: Callistemon viminalis 'Little John' . - Male: Callistemon viminalis 'Wildfire'. PBR Status: Granted: 08-Nov-2019
- Characteristics
- Dwarf bottlebrush, growing to just around a metre in diameter with red bottle brush flowers. Main flush of flowers in late winter to spring, and may flower sporadically for the rest of the year.
- Cultivation
- Best in a sunny site but will tolerate some shade. It responds well to heavy pruning and is drought tolerant and moderately frost hardy.
- Publication
- Plant Varieties Journal Volume 25, Issue 3
- Colour Coding
- RHS Colour Chart Leaves:upper surface 137A, lower surface 137BC
- Propagation
- PBR Protected
- Applicant Name
- T.C. & J.M. Keogh
- Uses
- As part of a mass planting or mixed in a shrubbery, or as a feature plant or large display pots.
- Availability
- Specialist native plant nurseries
- ANBG Accession Numbers
- -
- NSL ID
- -