Description
- Narrow, weeping Bottlebrush tree has bright-red, bottle brush shaped flowers. The flowers attract hummingbirds and are most profuse in spring with occasional blooms in the summer. The seeds stay attached to the stem like beads.
- This tree is evergreen year-round, which is great for screening and privacy. But avoid planting it where you might want sun in the winter.
- Weeping Bottlebrush thrives on low or medium water and is a colorful addition to a "Water Wise" landscape.
- This tough and adaptable tree grows as a upright trunk with weeping foliage. It may need some guidance pruning/staking when young to help establish the trunk.
- Closely related Violet Bottlebrush has bright purple flowers, and Lemon Bottlebrush is a shorter, tree or shrub form with the same red flowers.
Size
Height: 15 to 20 feet
Spread: 15 to 20 feet
Growth Rate: faster
Irrigation needed: low or medium water
Fall Color: none, evergreen
Flowers: large, red, bottle brush shaped flowers
Seeds/Fruit: small (1/4) bead-like capsules attached to branches
Planting Distances
Front of green utility box: 8 feet
Building or swimming pool: 4 feet
Fence, underground utilities: 3 feet
Paving: 2 feet
OK to plant under high voltage lines
Weeping Bottlebrush leaves and flowers
Weeping Bottlebrush tree