Crimson Bottlebrush
Rince-bouteille
Callistemon lanceolatus is a synonym
Shrub or small tree native to Australia. It was collected by the British explorers Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander in 1770 during their exploration of the east coast of Australia. By 1788, 3 species including C. citrinus were available to English horticulturists.
The book, Descriptions des Plantes Rares cultivees a Malmaison et a Navarre, published in France in 1813, by the French botanist, Aimé Bondspland, featured plants growing in Empress Josephine's garden at Le Malmaison just outside Paris. This book included an illustration of C.speciosus, indicating that callistemon was being planted as an herbaceous ornamental in France by the early 1800s. The illustrator was Pierre-Joseph Redouté, a painter and botanist from the Netherlands, who became the Empress Josephine's official artist.
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| In Situ, garden in Lacoste, 9.16.14 |
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| Blossom, Lacoste garden, 9.16.14 |
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| Leaves, Lacoste garden, 9.16.14 |
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| Illustration by Pierre-Joseph Redouté published in Descriptions des Plantes Rares cultivees a Malmaison et a Navarre, 1813 |
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