• Scarlet bottlebrush

Melaleuca phoenicea

  • Families: Myrtaceae Myrtoideae Melaleuceae
  • English name: Scarlet bottlebrush
  • Plant ID : 3070

  • Author : (John Lindley (1799-1865)) Lyndley Alan Craven (1945-2014)
  • Zone : Australia
  • Biological type : shrub
  • Adult size (h x w) : 13,12f x 16,40f
  • Sun exposure : full sun
  • Evergreen : evergreen
  • Growth : fast
  • Hardiness : 14°F
  • Leaf color : green gray
  • Flower color : red
  • Formerly of wild origin : yes
  • Native : no
  • In danger : no
  • Edible : no
  • Precipitation : 500mm-900mm
  • FrostResistance >-5°C : yes
  • FrostResistance >-8°C : yes
  • Ornamental : very much