Scientific Name: Melaleuca viminalis (was Callistemon viminalis)

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  • Pronunciation:
    call-is-TEE-mon vim-in-AH-lis ||mel-ah-LUKE-ah
  • Common Name:
    Weeping Bottlebrush
  • Derivation:
    Callistemon: gr. calli - beautiful, gr. stemon - stamen viminalis: vimineous: havingor resembling long flexible shoots like the willow. L. vimineus - bearing osiers (shoots, as above)
  • Type:
    Shrub or small tree
  • Family:
    MYRTACEAE
  • Flowers:
    Cylindrical spikes. Red, spring and most of the year.
  • Fruit:
    Woody capsule
  • Vegetation Type:
    Wet Eucalypt, riparian
  • Species List:
    Plants for Coastal Gardens, Hedges, NLTalks2010, Coolum High, Pomona School Oval, Cooroy Mill Site, BSDoonan,
Cultural Notes

Honey Production: medium amber, honey source minor, pollen source medium.||

Identification Notes

Flowers: no petals, plentiful stamens. Filaments united into short ring at base|| Bark dark, rough, furrowed.||

Associated Fauna

Medium source of pollen for bees.

Landscaping Notes

A number of horticultural forms widely cultivated as ornamentals.||Bird-attracting||Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery|Successfully propagated by Mooloolah Native Nursery||Weeping foliage for hedge or screening.||