The bright red Bottlebrush that is comming into bloom all around Perth at present is most likely the popular cultivar, "Kings Park Special". They are a rewarding medium tree/large shrub that can definately handle a bit of pruning and do well as hedging plants. Bottlebrush come in several different colours, from the striking red of the Kings Park Special, to more mellow reds, pinks and even a few whites. The biggest thing with Bottlebrush is they can be easily mixed up at times with different Paperbarks and Honey Myrltes, as they are all members of the Callisttemon family. A rough rule of thumb is that bottle brushes do not have papery bark, but even then there are some exceptions to this rule and I promise you that you will be forgiven if you get the 3 mixed up.
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