Answering listeners' questions and growing bottle brush plant

Bottlebrush Tree flowers

Bottlebrush Tree flowers. Commons Wikipedia Source: Commons Wikipedia

Bottlebrush tree is a shrub from swampy areas of Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.


It flowers twice a year if watered well.  The main flowering season is from early November, till the end of March. It looks fresh in late summer and warm in early winter.  Its leaves are flat and stiff, its growth is also stiff and dense. It can grow to an average height of 3 to 4 meters.  

It is strongly drought resistant and could stand full summer heat.  In other words, it is very easy to grow.

Our gardening expert, Solomon Choi will share us some tips of growing bottlebrush tree.

First, he will answer a listener’s question about if it is wise to use cut grass as mulch for our flower bed. 


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