Callistemon x 'Eleanor'

$12

The purplest flowers on any bottlebrush! This selection from a Portland, Oregon plant belonging to someone named Eleanor, endured a hard freeze in December 1998 that killed all of its friends and left it all alone. You can help it by adopting it and planting it alongside the other Callistemon species I offer! It is a semi-pendulous plant growing to about 4', and the purple flowers appear around late June in my garden. Although it has been sold as a form of C. pallidus in the past, and some nurseries seem to think it has white flowers, I can assure you the flowers are quite purple (mine is from the original source) and the plant is much less upright than the usual C. pallidus. Probably it is a hybrid with one parent as C. pallidus and the other some red-flowered thing. This is the bottlebrush the Turltes were singing about when they said, Eleanor, gee, I think you're swell, and you'd really do me well, you're my pride and joy, etc. Hardy probably to 5-10°F, maybe even a little lower. Like most Callistemons, it should endure hot weather with ease. Thanks to Paul Bonine at Viva Plants for sharing this outstanding selection.

Callistemon macropunctatus - BIG-PUNCTATUS BOTTLEBRUSH NEW Fall 07!

$10

Shrub to 8' with huge, screaming red bottlebrushes early summer. Sun, any soil. 15°F. Aust.

Callistemon montanus NEW Fall 07!

$8

Shrub with strictly upright habit, clear pink fls early summer. Sun, containers. 18°F. Aust.

Callistemon pallidus - RIVER BOTTLEBRUSH NEW Fall 07!

$12

Spreading shrub w/upright branches, blue-grn lvs, white bark, yellow fls! Easy. 5°F. Aust.

Callistemon pallidus [lilac-flowered form] - RIVER BOTTLEBRUSH NEW Fall 07!

$14

Upright shrub for sun to 8' or more, silky new growth, rare lilac fl form of species. 10°F. Aust.

Callistemon subulatus NEW Fall 07!

$9

"The real subulatus", spreading to 4' x 7' with deep red late spring brushes. Easy. 5°F. Aust.

Callistemon viridiflorus - GREEN BOTTLEBRUSH

$10

From the windswept heaths of Tasmania comes this outstanding bottlebrush species with many ornamental virtues: a generous show of creamy brushes in spring, a strongly upright growth habit, soft felty new growth produced from conspicuous cone-like branch buds, and peeling white bark. It adapts well to cultivation even in hot climates, and can be grown on wet or dry soil, though it does require sun. One Seattle gardener has made it into a spectacular hedge! In addition it is extremely cold-hardy, easily withstanding 0°F.

Callistemon sp. 'Not Brachyandrus' NEW Fall 07!

$8

Was supposed to be brachyandrus, but lvs wide. Spreading habit, pale pink fls. It may be a form of C. sieberi. 10°F. Aust.

Callistemon sp. 'Red Giant' NEW Fall 07!

$12

Unknown species. Large, very vigorous, open shrub (tree?), huge red flowers, felty new growth. 12°F? maybe lower.

Callistemon sp. aff. sieberi NEW Fall 07!

$12

Compact growth eventually to 3', tiny lvs, silky new growth, yellow fls, choice! 5°F. Australia.

Callistemon sp. 'Violaceous' NEW Fall 07!

$10

This provisional name is not an official botanical name, but it adequately describes the beautiful magenta flower color of this plant. It may be a seedling of C. citrinus 'Jeffersii' but it is certainly much hardier to cold than C. citrinus. It has an attractive upright habit with rather broad leaves. 12°F. Australia.

Callistemon sp. 'Waldport Hardy' NEW Fall 07!

$9

Tall weeping shrub to 7', bright red/pink brushes spring. Possibly C. subulatus. 5°F. Australia.

Callistemon sp. 'Wetlands Challenged Mutant' NEW Fall 07!

$12

I have offered seeds of this plant in the past, but now I have demonstrated that my seeds will indeed grow into plants. One of several different plants that came up from a seed packet of what was supposed to be C. salignus. This one looks closest to the real C. salignus! Expect an upright habit and VERY showy cream brushes. It tolerates poor drainage and temperatures to at least 10°F, perhaps much lower. I am just waiting to see how big it will get.... moohoohahaha!!!

Calothamnus quadrifidus - NET BUSH NEW Fall 07!

$10

Callistemon cousin with bright red fls fused into one plane! To 4' x 6', 22°F, containers. W. Aus.

Eucryphia x hybrida [lucida x milliganii] NEW Fall 07!

$12

Evergreen shrub to 10', glossy lvs, masses of white summer fls, very rare! 10°F. Tasmania.

Lagarostrobos franklinii - HUON PINE NEW Fall 07!

$12

Legendary weeping conifer with soft grn branches, slow to 10', large over time. 10°F. Tas.

Leptospermum glaucescens NEW Fall 07!

$10

Tall shrub w/rigidly upright habit, small silver/grn lvs, showy white fls. 10°F. Australia.

Leptospermum grandiflorum - SHOWY TEA TREE NEW Fall 07!

$10

Spreading shrub to 4' x 6', soft silver-grey lvs, showy masses of white fls! 10°F. Australia.

Leptospermum humifusum [prostrate form] NEW Fall 07!

$9

Pendulous low EG shrub to 2' x 8', glossy deep grn small lvs, white fls spring. 5°F. Australia.

Leptospermum humifusum [upright form] NEW Fall 07!

$9

Evergreen shrub to 5', small glossy grn lvs, nice white fls spring, rugged form. 5°F. Australia.

Leptospermum lanigerum - WOOLLY TEA TREE NEW Fall 07!

$9

Sm tree to 15', grey-grn lvs, showy white late spring fls, vigorous and easy! 8°F. Australia.

Leptospermum lanigerum [purple leaf form] - PURPLE WOOLLY TEA TREE NEW Fall 07!

$14

Vigorous shrub/sm tree to 12', lvs purple (esp. in winter), showy white fls, WOW! 10°F. Aus.

Leptospermum petersonii 'White Swan' NEW Fall 07!

$12

Tree to 18' with fibrous bark, tiny light grn lvs, masses of showy white fls! 15°F. Australia.

Leptospermum sp. 'Eugene Hardy' NEW Fall 07!

$12

We don't know what species it is, but we do know it's hardy in Eugene, Oregon. Actually, it looks like a robust form of L. laevigatum with very large leaves and similarly magnificent oversized flowers. Thanks to Jim Gerdemann for sharing this plant from his amazing collection.

Olearia phloggopappa

$8

This large Australian daisy shrub has a rather 'herbal' aspect about it, with smaller, narrow, slightly fragrant leaves. It has a more loose habit than other Olearias, and may reach about 6 - 8'. Numerous white daisies, enough to be very showy at the peak of bloom, begin much earlier than other Olearias-March in my garden--and are produced over a long period. Hardy to at least 10°F.

Podocarpus lawrencei 'Purple King' NEW Fall 07!

$12

Mounding shrub to 3' x 6', yew-like lvs, pale new growth, purple tones winter. -5°F. Australia.

Prostanthera rotundifolia - AUSTRALIAN MINT-BUSH NEW Fall 07!

$8

EG shrub to 8' x 8', soft, small silvery round lvs smell of mint, showy purple fls! 12°F. Aust.

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