Talk:Callistemon

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[edit] height

CHanged max height. I have a C. viminalis in my back yard that is over 8 metres tall and they regularly reach 15 metres. Anyone planting one expecting a 4 meter shrub will be surprised, to say the least.

Yes, the local species here seem to grow well over 4 metres, but I'm unsure as to exactly what it is. --Bcsr4ever 10:10, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] where grown

Bottlebrush are used as landscape plants in Florida: not super-common, but widespread. There is a data sheet at hort.ufl.edu/trees/CALCITA.pdf ... It would be interesting to know where else these plants are cultivated. 71.30.253.207 (talk) 22:25, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Which genus?

It says that Callistemon was recently (when?) placed in the genus Meleleuca. If this is true, shouldn't the opening be changed to reflect that it is no longer a separate genus? Murderbike (talk) 22:33, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

That "information" about the genus was added by someone (User:Hybrid.evolution) who is apparently a vandal. 140.147.160.34 (talk) 14:02, 21 May 2008 (UTC)Stephen Kosciesza

Was it really by a vandal? See: "Novon 16 468-475; December 2006 "New Combinations in Melaleuca for Australian Species of Callistemon (Myrtaceae)". If no access to that journal is available see: http://asgap.org.au/leptos1.html (yeah, the page is about Leptospermum mainly, but about halfway down is the Melaleuca and Callistemon reference. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.238.148.134 (talk) 07:44, 11 June 2008 (UTC)