{"product_id":"captain-cook-bottlebrush-callistemon-viminalis-captain-cook","title":"Captain Cook Bottlebrush - Callistemon viminalis ‘Captain Cook’","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrice includes everything:\u003c\/strong\u003e the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCaptain Cook Bottlebrush - Callistemon viminalis ‘Captain Cook’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhere the weeping bottlebrush is wanted at hedge height, ‘Captain Cook’ fills the role: a dense, rounded native shrub that keeps its foliage down to the ground and finishes at 1.5 to 2m instead of reaching the small tree size of the species. \u003cem\u003eCallistemon viminalis\u003c\/em\u003e ‘Captain Cook’ smothers itself in bright red brushes each spring. Low hedges, borders along the front of a house and massed native beds are its work, the jobs where a taller selection would need constant cutting to stay in scale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eWhy Captain Cook Bottlebrush\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCompact by nature\u003c\/strong\u003e: It stays dense and mounded without regular clipping, so a planting looks finished from its first season.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePink to bronze new growth\u003c\/strong\u003e: Fresh shoots colour the bush between flowering flushes before hardening to narrow deep green leaves.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLong colour season\u003c\/strong\u003e: The spring display is the main event, but new brushes keep opening here and there until autumn.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCoastal wind tolerance\u003c\/strong\u003e: It holds its leaf in second line beachside gardens and exposed corners where salt and wind thin softer shrubs.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDamp ground tolerance\u003c\/strong\u003e: It handles heavy soil and the wet patches where many low hedging plants rot.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eIdeal Applications\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLow flowering hedge\u003c\/strong\u003e: Clipped lightly once the flowers fade, it holds a neat 1.5 to 2m hedge along a front fence, path or driveway edge.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFoundation planting\u003c\/strong\u003e: It clothes a blank wall, the base of a deck or a plain fence without outgrowing its spot.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMass planting\u003c\/strong\u003e: Groups of five or more knit into one textured, flowering layer in native beds, verges and commercial frontages.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCourtyard native gardens\u003c\/strong\u003e: Its tidy rounded shape suits small native schemes where a full sized bottlebrush would crowd the space.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eSpecimen \u0026amp; Installation\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (screening\/hedge):\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 to 1.2m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (feature\/avenue):\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 to 2m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBest Planting Season:\u003c\/strong\u003e Spring or autumn; in frost prone inland gardens, plant once the frosts have passed\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil \u0026amp; Drainage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sandy coastal soil through to clay loam; copes with periodically damp ground but not standing water\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEstablishment Care:\u003c\/strong\u003e Soak the root ball every two or three days for its first two months, then weekly until its first summer is over. Prune lightly within the leafy outer growth after each flowering to keep the mound dense and even.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003ePlant Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 to 2m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWidth:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 to 2m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth Rate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fast; thickens up more than it grows taller\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFoliage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Evergreen; narrow, fine deep green leaves\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e Full sun; tolerates part shade with a looser habit and lighter flowering\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNative to:\u003c\/strong\u003e Australia; the species grows wild along watercourses from Queensland into New South Wales\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower Colour:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bright red\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nursery Direct","offers":[{"title":"45L","offer_id":60207422439710,"sku":"ND-1844-45L","price":880.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/2536\/8862\/files\/captain-cook-bottlebrush-callistemon-viminalis-captain-cook.jpg?v=1791512890","url":"https:\/\/nurserydirect.com.au\/products\/captain-cook-bottlebrush-callistemon-viminalis-captain-cook","provider":"Nursery Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}