08 November 2011

Bottlebrush (Callistemon)

The bottlebrushes are just about finished in our region now.  Saved this photo for Ruby Tuesday.  The rainbow lorikeets especially, love to climb amongst the brushes and sip the sweet nectar.




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21 comments:

  1. lovely ruby! something new for me :)

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  2. It really looks like a bottle brush. :)

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  3. Our bottlebrushes are about finished too.
    Lovely images.

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  4. Beautiful series of photos, I love those flowers.

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  5. we have this plant also in New Zealand.

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  6. These photographs are just beautiful Carole.
    I am quite sure we do not have these here. They are so unusual, and so lovely!

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  7. There's plenty of them here in Singapore, and due to our tropical heat, they bloom all year long.

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  8. Very lovely ruby beauties!

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  9. We don't have bottle brush trees around here (Ohio) but I remember them from when I lived in California. Very interesting plants and pretty!

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  10. Those are some amazing shots of a stunning plant. I'd love to have something like that in my garden :)

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  11. Aha! I have finally found something in Australia that we have near Texas ( not really in texas, but in Arkansas! Have actually seen a bottle brush tree. That is such a great photo! Love it!

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  12. I love bottle brushes, they're just so very improbable :). Ours won't bloom for a few more months, mid-winter if I recall correctly.

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  13. Simply beautiful!

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  14. In Brazil we can find these flowers in many gardens. Great shots. Thanks for sharing.

    Roberto, Rio de Janeiro

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  15. Anonymous11:38 am

    Bottlebrush are awesome in their beauty. And hummingbirds love them.
    Jeanni

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  16. I love them! Such unique plants.

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  17. Lovely bottlebrush Carole, they look wonderful close-up!

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  18. Bottlebrush tree is sooo like a bottle brush...I remember them well from when I lived in Florida!
    Jan

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  19. Bottlebrush! Another plant I love to see. If I'm near one, it means I'm not in Kansas anymore! :-)

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