Callistemon! Edit - Callistemon citrinus has been reclassified as Melaleuca citrina. AKA the common red bottlebrush, crimson bottlebrush or lemon bottlebrush. It’s endemic to Eastern Australia. Therefore…
PS - not weird in the slightest
It’s quite common in the parks and gardens in the South of France, where it’s nicknamed “rince-bouteille” (bottle rincer). I didn’t know it came from Australia.
The climate there would be good growing conditions. I hope it doesn’t cause issues though. Introduced species can sometimes be problematic.
I just checked: there’s absolutely no problem with this one. And even better: it produces a lot of nectar for the European bees.
I have a few Callistemons in my garden, hoping for some flowers one day, but for now I’m just happy they’re growing :)
Australian native plants are beautiful, I hope to have a fully-native garden at some point.
I think it looks lovely!
It’s a wattle!
It reminds me of protea varieties native to Hawaii.
The Melaleuceae tribe of plants is mostly centred in Australia, but belong to the family Myrtaceae which was originally from the supercontinent Gondwana …according to the internet. It seems that there are indeed plants of this family in Hawaii and some of the species have flowers that look similar.
Proteaceae is a different family, it seems, but is also Gondwanan…so the similarities probably stem from that.
It reminds me of protea varieties native to Hawaii.
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