Weeping bottlebrush — Melaleuca viminalis

Melaleuca viminalis

Food for native birds Host plant for butterflies and insects Pollinator favourite Shelter for wildlife Showy flowers Resilient garden plant

$7.00

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Plant profile

At a glance

The essentials for finding the right garden position.

Mature size: Height: 5–10 m · Width: 4–8 m
Light: Full sun, Part shade
Water: Moist, Seasonally wet
Soil: Loamy, Clay
Drainage: Free-draining, Poorly drained
Vegetation type: Wetlands / Swamps / Creek Margins, Wet Eucalypt
Plant lifespan: Long-lived perennial
Plant form: Shrubs, Trees

Plant ratings

A quick guide to this plant’s value for wildlife and the garden.

Bird food value
Host plant value
Pollinator value
Shelter & habitat value
Flower display
Garden resilience

About this plant

Weeping bottlebrush develops into a graceful shrub or small tree with pendulous branches and a softly cascading outline. Long red flower spikes create a vivid display and provide nectar before woody capsules form along the stems. It makes an excellent feature plant or informal screen where its weeping habit has enough room to be seen clearly.

Image credits:
Mature image: Chris English via Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
Feature image: Raffi Kojian via Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0

More plant details

Garden uses: Habitat shrub, informal screen, mixed native border and mid-storey planting; especially suited to sites reflecting Wetlands / Swamps / Creek Margins, Wet Eucalypt.
Wildlife value: Melaleuca viminalis offers a strong nectar and/or pollen resource, typically with conspicuous or abundant flowers that support a broad pollinator community. Melaleuca viminalis provides a strong nectar resource for honeyeaters and other nectar-feeding birds. Melaleuca viminalis develops substantial, persistent structure that can provide excellent refuge, nesting or screening habitat.
Flowering and fruiting: Long red bottlebrush flowers provide nectar and are followed by woody capsules on pendulous branches.
Growth habit: Woody shrub or small tree with an informal native habit; indicative mature size 5–10 m × 4–8 m.
Cautions: Can become a large, broad tree and may drop flowers and seed capsules over paving.