How to Plant Little John Dwarf Bottle Brush Plants
Bottlebrushes include a variety of evergreen shrubs and trees known for producing showy flowers that resemble a bottle brush and are irresistible to hummingbirds. The dwarf bottlebrush, Callistemon citrinus 'Little John,' is commonly called red bottlebrush, dwarf bottlebrush or dwarf Callistemon. This compact bottlebrush version grows slowly to a height of 3 feet tall with a 5-foot spread. Native to Australia, dwarf bottlebrush grows best in U.S. Department of Agriculture Hardiness Zones 9 through 11. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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Clear a planting site for the Little John bottlebrush as soon as you can work the soil in the spring. Find a location with moist, well-drained soil and full sun to partial shade.
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Remove all of the foliage from the area and provide space large enough for the mature size of the dwarf bottlebrush. Dig a planting hole the same depth and at minimum twice the width of the container or root ball.
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Take the bottlebrush out of the container, loosen the roots and cut off any damaged, frail or encircling roots found. Place the Little John bottlebrush in the hole, backfill with the removed soil until nearly full and then fill the hole with water to settle the soil around the roots. Finish filling the hole and soak the area with water again.
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Cover the ground around the bottlebrush with a 2- to 3-inch layer of mulch. Do not put any mulch up next to shrub's stem. Extend the mulch out to cover the area under the shrub's canopy.
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Water the bottlebrush plants daily for the first seven days after planting. Water two or three times weekly for the next month and once weekly after that through the first growing season to establish the plants.
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