Callistemon flavovirons

Botanical Name: Callistemon flavovirens
Author: (Cheel) Cheel
Common Name: Green Bottlebrush
Family: Myrtaceae

Location

A rare species, restricted to the granite belt of the Darling Downs area of Queensland and Northern Tablelands of New South Wales. It is usually found in rocky situations along creeks.

It’s flowering now in our Rare or Threatened garden, Bed 4, in the Connections Garden.

It develops into a spreading shrub with silvery new foliage and unusual yellow-green flowers in late spring and early summer. Flowers also appear sporadically throughout the year.

In your garden, it will tolerate both dry and wet situations, is reasonably drought resistant and frost tolerant, and will attract honey-eating birds.