Botanical Name
Callistemon ‘Endeavour’
Common Name
Endeavour Bottlebrush
Description
Endeavour is a spectacular compact bottlebrush renowned for its brilliant red cylindrical flower spikes that create stunning displays throughout the year. This hardy cultivar produces masses of vibrant red bottlebrush flowers that attract honeyeaters, lorikeets, and other nectar-feeding birds while maintaining a manageable size perfect for smaller gardens. The narrow, lance-shaped leaves provide attractive evergreen foliage year-round. Extremely hardy and drought tolerant once established, it thrives in well-drained soils and full sun to partial shade positions. Perfect for bird gardens, screening, hedging, and feature plantings where continuous flowering and wildlife attraction are desired with controlled growth.
Plant Category
Medium Shrubs
Size (H x W)
Height: 2-3 meters, Spread: 1.5-2 meters
Callistemon ‘Endeavour’ 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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