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Little John Bottlebrush
Callistemon viminalis ‘Little John’
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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
Price includes everything: the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.
Little John Bottlebrush - Callistemon viminalis ‘Little John’
‘Little John’ is the dwarf bottlebrush that made native low hedging viable, and it remains the benchmark for the job. Selected from Callistemon viminalis, it holds a tight mounded habit under a metre and a half with fine blue grey foliage, then covers itself in short, deep blood red brushes. Landscape designers use it where a westringia would be too grey and a lilly pilly too vigorous, because it gives the density of a clipped hedge plus a heavy flowering season without regular shearing.
Why ‘Little John’
Naturally Compact: The dense mounding habit holds shape with little more than a light tidy up, so it does not need hedging to look intentional.
Deep Red Brushes: Flowers are a saturated blood red, shorter and denser than the species, with the main flush in spring and a second in autumn.
Blue Grey Foliage: The fine glaucous leaf carries the planting through the non flowering months and contrasts well against dark green shrubs.
Heat and Drought Hardiness: Established plants handle reflected heat from paving, walls and car parks with minimal irrigation.
Bird Value: Low growing nectar at eye level brings honeyeaters and native bees into small suburban gardens.
Ideal Applications
Low Hedge: A single row makes a soft informal hedge to around a metre for front fences, path edges and garden bed division.
Mass Planting: Blocks of five or more read as one textured layer in commercial landscapes and median strips.
Courtyard Pots: It performs well in large containers where the compact root system and long flowering suit paved courtyards.
Coastal Gardens: It stands up to salt laden wind in second line coastal positions with reasonable drainage.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 0.6 to 0.8m
Spacing (feature/avenue): 1 to 1.2m
Best Planting Season: Autumn or early spring, avoiding the peak of summer heat
Soil & Drainage: Free draining soil is essential; this cultivar resents heavy wet clay and will decline from root rot in poorly drained beds
Establishment Care: Water twice weekly for the first two months and then taper off, since overwatering an established plant is a more common cause of failure than drought. Mulch lightly, use a low phosphorus native fertiliser in spring, and prune just behind the spent flowers to keep the mound tight.
Plant Details
Height: 0.9 to 1.5m
Width: 1 to 1.5m
Growth Rate: Moderate
Foliage: Evergreen
Light: Full sun for best flowering; tolerates a few hours of shade but opens up in it
Native to: Cultivar of an eastern Australian species from Queensland and New South Wales
Flower Colour: Deep red, main flush in spring with a lighter repeat in autumn
Delivery & Installation
Delivery and installation are included in your price
No freight calculators and no separate installation quote for a standard installation. Your price covers specialist plant transport, positioning and professional planting by our installation team. The whole job, handled.
- Wrapped, secured and transported by specialist plant freight.
- Professionally planted, staked and finished by our install team.
- Our team confirms site access and schedules a time that suits you.
Installation
Professional installation included, never extra
Every plant we sell is planted by our professional installation team, and it's already in the price. We coordinate the delivery, the machinery and the planting for standard site access, so your only job is choosing the tree. Unusual access or engineering requirements? We'll confirm everything with you after checkout before any work begins.
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- One price: supplied, delivered and installed
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How It Works
Place your order. We do the rest.
We Supply
Premium advanced stock, selected from a national network of wholesale growers.
We Deliver
Specialist plant freight brings your order to your door. Free, anywhere in Australia.
We Install
Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.







