Bottle Brush as hedge & screen plants

Bottle brush Callistemons, make excellent screen plants.  They grow quickly and provide a good, thick flowering screen.  Many varieties only grow to around 3 metres so making them a good size for a screen plant.  Callistemons do however drop a lot of flowers and can make a bit of a mess.   but due to the fact they are so low maintenance many gardeners are happy to put up with the flower drop.   Callistemons can be hedged, however due to the the hedging process the flowers stems are cut off and as a result the plants do not develop flowers.  Callistemons are much better grown in a natural shape when grown as a hedge and the flowering is much improved.  Their weeping nature suits a natural form hedge more then a shaped hedge.

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