Callistemon Viminalis 'Pink Champagne'
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Pink Champagne Bottlebrush
Botanical Name: Callistemon viminalis ‘Pink Champagne’ (syn. Melaleuca viminalis ‘Pink Champagne’)
Family: Myrtaceae
Origin: Australia (cultivar selection)
Plant Type: Evergreen shrub / small weeping tree
Overview
A graceful, weeping bottlebrush selected for its soft pink bottlebrush flowers. Fresh mid-green foliage (often bronze on new growth) clothes pendulous branches. Main flowering is spring, with spot blooms into summer–autumn in warm spells. Excellent for privacy hedging, screens or a feature in South Australian gardens; tough and bird-attracting.
Key Features
- Mature Size: 2.5–4 m H × 2–3 m W (smaller with pruning)
- Growth Rate: 30-60 cm per year under good conditions
- Foliage: Narrow mid-green; bronze/copper new growth
- Flowers: Pale pink bottlebrush spikes (spring; repeats in warm seasons)
- Seasonal Interest: Showy spring display; repeat colour in warm months; evergreen structure year-round
- Wildlife Value: Attracts nectar-feeding birds (honeyeaters) and native bees
- Tolerance: Drought-tolerant (once established), heat-tolerant, wind-tolerant, second-line coastal-tolerant; light frost (protect from hard frost).
- Planting Density: Privacy hedge/screen: 1 per metre (down to 0.7 m for very tight screens); Specimen/feature: 1.5–2.5 m apart
- Pet Friendly: Non-toxic to cats & dogs
Where It Works Best
- Sunlight: Full sun to part shade (best bloom in sun)
- Soil: Well-drained loam, sandy loam or clay loam (mound on heavy soils)
- Water Needs: Establishment: 2 deep soaks/week for 8–12 weeks. Established: deep soak every 10–14 days in summer (weekly in heatwaves); minimal in winter
- Maintenance: Light prune after flowering to maintain dense, weeping form; mulch; feed in early spring with low-P native fertiliser
- Lifespan: 15-25+ years
- Climate Zones: Temperate & Mediterranean SA, including coastal areas
- Soil pH: Acidic to neutral; tolerates slightly alkaline
Landscape & Design Ideas
- Privacy hedge/screen with soft weeping texture
- Feature near entries/paths for flowers and birds
- Mixed native border for long-season colour
Why You Will Love It
That elegant weeping habit and blush-pink brushes deliver a standout, low-maintenance screen or feature that’s as tough as it is pretty