Red Bottle Brush / Callistemon lanceolatus - Ornamental Flowering Plants

Description

About the Bottlebrush -

• It is an evergreen shrub with aromatic, linear to lance-shaped leaves and bottlebrush-like spikes of flowers in which the long colorful stamens are prominent.
• It flowers Year-around in flushes. 
• The name derives from the plant’s flowers, which look like a bottle brush. They are long-lived, require minimal maintenance.
• A medium-sized tree that will eventually grow to around 8 m tall.
• Leaves are narrow and pointed. They are arranged spirally along loose hanging stems.
• Flowers are glowing red bourne in a circular manner along these stems.
• Very adaptable. Grows in a wide climatic range.

Growing Tips - 

• Requires good soil for growth. Should be fertile and water retentive.
• Planting distance varies on the purpose for which the plants are being planted.
• Pruning after the flowering is over may be done to keep growth in check.
• The minimum distance between plant to plant should be 3m*3m.

INSIDE THE BOX

*above specifications are for indicative purposes only, actual dimensions may slightly vary.

INITIAL CARE FOR 10-15 DAYS JUST AFTER RECEIVING YOUR PLANT 

1. Remove the Packaging Materials carefully.
2. Press the soil in the pot & add additional soil(garden mix) if necessary.
3. Maintain moisture in the pot, Do not overwater it may kill your plant, so make sure that the soil should be dry between watering.
4. Make sure that plants get enough morning direct bright light(2-3hrs) for 10-15 days & do not go for immediate transplanting (minimum 1 month)
5. You can remain the plant in the same pot for 1 month, later you can transplant it directly into the ground.
6. Just prune if any branch of the plant is get damaged in transits. New leaves will come definitely.