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Calothamnus montanus

Calothamnus montanus
Photo: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0

Calothamnus montanus is a shrub in the myrtle family, native to the mountains of south-west Western Australia, where it grows in the Stirling Range. It has needle-like leaves and red flowers from October to January; it is a native species best grown in a sunny, well-drained garden in mild climates.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then keep fairly dry; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gritty soil; tolerates poor, nutrient-low soil.
Temperature
Mild climates; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate

About

Calothamnus montanus is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with short, needle-shaped leaves and red flowers with four stamen bundles. In 2014, Craven, Edwards and Cowley proposed that the species be renamed Melaleuca georgi.

Where it grows

Calothamnus montanus occurs in the Stirling Range National Park in the Esperance Plains biogeographic region where it grows in soil derived from metamorphic rocks.

Other Melaleuca plants

Kalbarri Beaufortia · Dark Beaufortia · Badgingarra Beaufortia · Beaufortia bracteosa · Beaufortia burbidgeae · Stirling Range Bottlebrush · Gravel Bottlebrush · Elegant Beaufortia · Beaufortia empetrifolia · Beaufortia eriocephala · Grey Leaved Beaufortia · Beaufortia interstans

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Calothamnus montanus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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