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Nursery Direct

Eureka Bottlebrush

Callistemon ‘Eureka’

Regular price $800.00 AUD
Regular price Sale price $800.00 AUD
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Everything is included in this price: the plant, free delivery and professional installation

The price you see is the whole job: the plant supplied, delivered free and professionally installed. Done for you.

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How tall it arrives: 45L about 1.5 to 2.5m, 100L about 2.5 to 3.5m. Heights vary with species and season. How pot sizes work

Getting it in: the largest size here needs about 900mm to 1.2m of clear access. Measure the narrowest point on the route and tell us on the booking call. Standard access is included in the price, and anything unusual is quoted and agreed with you before work begins. What happens on installation day

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Sizes shown are the sizes we currently source in this species. If you need larger specimens, project quantities or a size not listed, our sourcing team can look for it through our national supplier network. We confirm your exact stock with you on the booking call before anything ships.

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You order. We do the rest.

After checkout, our team contacts you to confirm site access and book a day that suits. Most orders are delivered and planted within 2 to 4 weeks of your booking call. Nothing else for you to organise.

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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.

Eureka Bottlebrush - Callistemon 'Eureka'

Callistemon 'Eureka' is an upright growing bottlebrush carrying dense red brushes on a frame that reaches 3 to 5m, tall enough to screen but still small enough to sit under powerlines and in suburban gardens. Like the best of the modern callistemon selections it flowers heavily in spring with a secondary autumn flush, and it takes clipping far better than the old open habited seedlings. It is a workhorse native for hot, exposed, poor soil sites where introduced screening plants sulk.

Why Eureka Bottlebrush

Heavy red flowering: Bright red brushes cover the outer growth in spring, with a lighter repeat display in autumn.
Bird attracting: Nectar rich flowers bring honeyeaters and lorikeets into the garden in numbers.
Tough on poor ground: It performs on compacted clay, sand and low fertility soils that defeat most flowering shrubs.
Fast screening height: Rapid growth to 3 to 5m closes a sightline quickly on a new or exposed site.
Takes hard pruning: It reshoots readily from old wood, so a hedge or overgrown plant can be cut back and rebuilt.

Ideal Applications

Native screening hedge: Planted at 1.5 to 2.5m centres it forms a flowering evergreen screen along a boundary.
Windbreak and rural shelter: Its tolerance of wind and exposure suits shelter rows on open or coastal blocks.
Street and verge planting: The moderate mature height keeps it clear of overhead services on nature strips and verges.
Habitat and wildlife gardens: Grouped at 3 to 5m centres it anchors a native planting designed to feed local birds.

Specimen & Installation

Spacing (screening/hedge): 1.5 to 2.5m
Spacing (feature/avenue): 3 to 5m
Best Planting Season: Spring or autumn
Soil & Drainage: Adaptable to a wide range of soils including clay and sandy loams; prefers well-drained to moderately moist conditions; tolerates poor soils
Establishment Care: Water deeply two to three times per week for the first 8 to 12 weeks until established, then reduce to occasional deep watering during dry periods. Apply a layer of mulch around the root zone to retain moisture and suppress weeds.

Plant Details

Height: 3 to 5m
Width: 2 to 4m
Growth Rate: Fast
Foliage: Evergreen
Light: Full sun
Native to: Australia
Flower Colour: Red

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.

Delivery & installation Included
  • 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.
How It Works

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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Why 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
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How It Works

Place your order. We do the rest.

1

We Supply

Premium advanced stock, selected from a national network of wholesale growers.

2

We Deliver

Specialist plant freight brings your order to your door. Free, anywhere in Australia.

3

We Install

Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.

Good To Know

Questions, answered

What exactly is included in the price?

Everything for a standard installation: the plant itself, free specialist delivery to your property, and professional installation by our planting team into prepared or accessible ground, with no freight fees added later. If your site needs a crane or other difficult access work, that is quoted separately and agreed with you before anything is booked, never after. Difficult access has its own question on this page.

How does installation work?

After you order, our team contacts you to confirm site access and book a day that suits. On the day, your plants arrive by specialist freight and our installers position, plant, stake and mulch them, then leave the site tidy.

When will my order arrive?

Most orders are delivered and planted within 2 to 4 weeks of your booking call. After checkout, our team contacts you to confirm details and book the delivery and planting day, so you have a date before anything ships. Timing can vary with stock location and your area, and we confirm your exact day with you.

What if my site has tricky access?

Standard installation covers planting into accessible ground and is included in every price. If your site involves cranes, tight access or special machinery, we assess it with you after you order and agree on everything before any work begins. Always before, never after.

Do you offer a plant guarantee?

Yes, and it runs well past delivery day. Every plant is inspected before dispatch and protected in transit, and we guarantee it arrives alive and in reasonable condition. Beyond that you have a 30 day plant guarantee, and a 1 year conditional replacement warranty: if a plant fails within 12 months of delivery despite following our care recommendations, you can submit a claim for assessment. Claims need photographs of the plant and the planting site plus details of watering, drainage and soil, because living plants depend on the conditions they are put into. The full terms are in our refund policy.

What if the exact plant or size I order is not available?

Every plant is sourced to order from our grower network, so before anything ships we call you to confirm the exact stock we have secured, the size and the delivery day. If the plant you chose is not available in the size you wanted, we tell you on that call and go through the options with you, whether that is a different size, a close alternative or waiting for the right stock. Nothing is loaded onto a truck before you know what is coming. Full details are in our refund policy.

Can I plant outside the best planting season?

Yes. We deliver and plant all year round. The best planting season shown on each listing is about ideal establishment, not a restriction: planting in that window usually means less watering and a faster settling in period. Our team adjusts how a plant is installed and watered in for the conditions on the day, and if you are planting through peak summer heat or a cold snap we will talk you through the extra care it needs on your booking call.

Will this plant suit my climate?

Australia covers a lot of climates, and a plant that thrives in Brisbane can struggle in Ballarat. Every listing states the mature size, the light it wants and where the species comes from. If you are not certain a plant suits your frost, heat, wind or coastal exposure, send us an enquiry before you order and we will tell you honestly whether it is right for your site. We would rather talk you out of the wrong plant than replace it later.

Can I order for a large project?

Yes. For project quantities and commercial supply, use the Request Project Pricing button on any product and our sourcing team will put together a complete package: supplied, delivered and installed.