Red Cascade weeping bottlebrush
Melaleuca viminalis 'Red Cascade'
USDA zones9 to 11
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size15 to 20 feet tallup to 20 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Rounded
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Bloom color
- Yellow, red
- Foliage color
- Gray/silver, green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Red Cascade' weeping bottlebrush (Melaleuca viminalis 'Red Cascade') is a tree for specimen planting, pollinator gardens, and winter interest. It grows outdoors year-round in USDA zone 9 and warmer, down to about 20°F (-7°C). In colder areas, grow it as a houseplant or bring it indoors for winter. This plant likes full sun and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It grows fast into a rounded evergreen with gray-green leaves. Red blooms appear in spring and summer and draw butterflies, hummingbirds, bees, and birds.
Pairs well with Tuscan Blue rosemary, Northwind switchgrass, and Stonecrop.