bottlebrush seeding

we lost our bottlebrush due to the bad winter,i read they drop the seeds when die or are exposed to fire so ive collected some seeds from it i think tiny orange fragments from the pods??? does anybody know how i can re grow this one ?? gutted

 

Yes you can just sow as per normal instructions. I see you also have a smoke bush? too, me too. If your seedlings fail let me know as I have a healthy Bottle brush and can grow you some cuttings and when established post you some.

 

I'd put my money on it being an Acer ... but a bit hard to tell from the picture. I reckon it looks a bit straggly for a Cotinus, but if it is then I think hard pruning in the Winter would give lovely strong fresh stems next year

 

i though that was an acer as well

 

cheers loofah,i put some in compost in the greenhouse about 2week back and there are tiny seedlings showing now but not sure if its bottlebrush yet..the seeds where that fine to pot i ended up with too many in the pots ive planted some seed pods aswell lol hope i manage to grow one my fellas gutted hes had it yrs and says its not the same variety that you can usually buy il ask n see if he has some photos of it when it was alive

 

found some close up pics from 2008 but dont know which variety of bottle brush it is ...they all look the same to me

 

Strongy is our resident bottle brush ID expert, but to me it looks like Callistemon rigidus, its quite readily available I think and probably one of the hardiest.
Even so, some of the frosts the last few years will kill them. I think mine has just about pulled through.

Seedlings are very slow at first, but start to move after a couple of months, could be three years or more before flowers though.
http://www.mailordertrees.co.uk/Callistemon_rigidus_(Stiff_Bottlebrush).htm

 

It is the common Callistemon Linearis/Rigidus.
Jools, you have to pull the capsules off and dry them in a bag for a few weeks, then split them open and sow in a tray or pot very thinly. There may be a couple of hundred in each capsule. They need the warmth of a greenhouse for 18 months or so to get them going and before planting outside.
The seed capsules can stay on the plant for decades but will drop off after a fire although I have never known Callistemon seeds germinate outside in the UK.

Semi ripe cuttings are easy although I do mine in a mix of sand and medium vemiculite.

My first one to flower is C Pallidus which pale yellow and is just opening.
The showiest red C Citrinus Splendens just pulled through the winter but so far has no buds whereas C Mauve Mist is covered in them.

 

many thanks to you both, i thought it was rigidus but ive never paid much attention to it with it being in his front garden...ive been too busy trying to groundforce the back garden for 2yr on n off i like the splendens one on the link pete might have to talk him into getting 1 of them aswell and i have got some in a bag still that i shook the seeds out off weeks back so il hang on to them and do as u say strongylodon :thumb: cheers guys xx

 

o also..sorry ruth its not a good photo the acer is there at the back of the dead bottle brush,it leans in front of the acer xx

 

Beware, C Citrinus Splendens is one of the least hardy varieties available, even here some have been badly affected by the last cold winters.

PM me if you would like some pink, orange/green and yellow Callistemon seeds.

 

thanks strongy x thats a lovely offer :happydance: he said his bottlebrush came from kew gardens as a present in 1999 so growing diff ones might just be the tonic he needs x

 

here is some pics of the pots i put the bottlebrush seeds in,sorry they are small hope u can see them enough to say whether they are bottlebrush or just weeds xx