Genus of approximately 25 species of evergreen shrubs and shrubs from Sydney, occurring in moistened dirt in open or woodland web sites. Callistemon citrinus will get to 3 ft. in level. Begin using these fast-developing, evergreen shrubs as substantial hedges or monitors, or train them as individual-trunk area shrubs. Their common kind emanates from their colorful bristle-like plants that appear like older-created bottlebrushes. We ca Accept some frost and average drought at the expense of a visual appeal but are ruined or destroyed at 20 F or beneath. Stake new plant life when training in a shrub, prune to design, and slender crown. Look for chlorosis in bad soils.