Botanical Name
Callistemon ‘Matthew Flinders’
Common Name
Matthew Flinders Bottlebrush
Description
Matthew Flinders is an elegant weeping bottlebrush renowned for its brilliant red cylindrical flower spikes and graceful pendulous branches that create stunning architectural displays. This distinctive cultivar produces masses of vibrant red bottlebrush flowers that attract honeyeaters, lorikeets, and other nectar-feeding birds while the weeping habit adds dramatic form to landscapes. The narrow, lance-shaped leaves provide attractive evergreen foliage that cascades beautifully year-round. Extremely hardy and drought tolerant once established, it thrives in well-drained soils and full sun positions. Perfect for feature plantings, waterside gardens, and areas where dramatic weeping form combined with continuous flowering creates striking focal points.
Plant Category
Large Shrubs
Size (H x W)
Height: 3-5 meters, Spread: 2-4 meters
Callistemon ‘Matthew Flinders’ is a garden cultivar developed from Australian native species, thriving in well-drained soils with good drainage and full sun to partial shade exposure across diverse Australian climates.
Cultural SIgnificance
Based on native Callistemon species, this cultivar continues the tradition of bottlebrush plants being important nectar sources for Aboriginal peoples and native wildlife, with the flowers and bark having various traditional uses.
Kuranga respectfully acknowledges the traditional owners, the Wurundjeri people, as the custodians of this land. We pay respect to all Aboriginal community Elders, past and present, who have resided in the area and have been an integral part of the history of the region.
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