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Growing => Identification => Topic started by: Alex_ on February 27, 2024, 09:03:25 am

Title: What's this plant please
Post by: Alex_ on February 27, 2024, 09:03:25 am

I am trying to clear and organise my late mums garden and I am wondering what this is.

Title: Re: What's this plant please
Post by: doganjo on February 27, 2024, 10:15:14 am

Download PlantParent or PictureThis apps onto your phone- you can identify most things on both of them and there are other apps too.

I'll try taking a photo of these but they might not be clear enough - OK, both are saying this is a Crimson Bottlebrush, which is what I thought it might be AKA Calistemon
It is restricted in a pot.  Will grow to about  2 to 4 metres wide and 4 to 6 metres tall in the ground over 10 plus years

It's beautiful if looked after

Title: Re: What's this plant please
Post by: Alex_ on February 28, 2024, 09:55:14 am

Thanks for the tips an identification.

Title: Re: What's this plant please
Post by: arobwk on March 03, 2024, 10:25:25 pm

Cut back a "bottle-brush" shortly after 1st annual flowers die-off and it will produce a 2nd flush of flowers.