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Red Willow Bottlebrush
Callistemon salignus
Everything is included in this price: the plant, free delivery and professional installation
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Supplied in 400mmtypically 1.5 to 2.5m tall on delivery
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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.
Red Willow Bottlebrush - Callistemon salignus
The willow bottlebrush is the one to plant when a native tree has to cope with ground that sits wet after rain. Callistemon salignus grows naturally along creek lines and swamp margins on the east coast, so it handles periodic waterlogging that would kill most ornamental trees, then tolerates dry spells once it is established. Its real signature is the flush of brilliant crimson new growth over soft willow like leaves and pale papery bark, which is where the red in the common name comes from.
Why Willow Bottlebrush
Crimson New Growth: Each growth flush opens deep pink to red before hardening to grey green, giving the tree colour several times a year.
Wet Feet Tolerance: It grows in seasonally waterlogged soil along creeks and drainage lines where few other trees survive.
Papery White Bark: Mature trunks develop pale, layered, papery bark that reads well as a feature in a lit courtyard.
Bird Habitat: The nectar rich brushes draw honeyeaters, lorikeets and native bees through late spring and early summer.
Hard Prune Recovery: It shoots readily from old wood, so a neglected tree can be cut back and rebuilt rather than removed.
Ideal Applications
Screening Row: Planted in a line and tip pruned it forms a dense native screen to 5m without needing formal hedging.
Street and Driveway Trees: The modest root system and upright habit suit narrow verges and driveway plantings near paving.
Bioswales and Wet Corners: It is a reliable choice for the low point of a block, detention basins and stormwater edges.
Native Habitat Gardens: Grouped with grevillea, banksia and lomandra it carries the nectar supply through the warmer months.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 2 to 3m
Spacing (feature/avenue): 4 to 6m
Best Planting Season: Autumn and spring in temperate zones, autumn and winter in the subtropics
Soil & Drainage: Adaptable across clay, loam and sand; tolerates seasonal waterlogging and moderately saline coastal soils
Establishment Care: Water weekly and deeply for the first two summers so roots follow the moisture down rather than sitting at the surface. Mulch to the drip line, avoid high phosphorus fertilisers, and tip prune lightly after flowering to build density from the first year.
Plant Details
Height: 6 to 10m in cultivation, taller on deep moist soil
Width: 3 to 5m
Growth Rate: Moderate to fast
Foliage: Evergreen
Light: Full sun to light shade; flowering thins noticeably in shade
Native to: Coastal and near coastal eastern Australia, from Victoria through New South Wales into Queensland
Flower Colour: Creamy white to pale yellow brushes in late spring and early summer, with red flowered selections also grown
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.
Questions? Send An EnquiryWhy Nursery Direct
Every price includes supply, delivery and installation
Buying a mature tree often means three separate jobs: the plant, the freight and finding someone to plant it. We price the whole job as one: the tree, the delivery and the professional install.
- One price: supplied, delivered and installed
- Mature trees and specimen palms at every scale
- National sourcing for hard-to-find stock
- Residential, estate and commercial projects
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.







