The Light Show Bottlebrush, from the Southern Living Plant Collection, is guaranteed to put on a dynamic display in any landscape. The Light Show produces brilliant red bottlebrush blooms tipped in white, which creates a fiber-optic sort of appearance. These brilliant red blooms ...The Light Show Bottlebrush, from the Southern Living Plant Collection, is guaranteed to put on a dynamic display in any landscape.
The Light Show produces brilliant red bottlebrush blooms tipped in white, which creates a fiber-optic sort of appearance. These brilliant red blooms begin appearing in spring and continue through summer. Unlike conventional Bottlebrush plants that can grow over 10 ft.
tall, the Light Show Bottlebrush reaches only 2 ft. tall to 3 ft. W.
Therefore, you can use it in all kinds of new applications. Try this dwarf bottlebrush shrub as an accent plant in a mixed garden bed, in a container, as a low-maintenance mass planting or as a foundation plant. Furthermore, this Bottlebrush plant is ideal for coastal gardeners thanks to its heat and salt tolerance.
This dwarf-blooming evergreen shrub is hardy from USDA Zones 8-10 and grows best in Full Sun. It tolerates most soil types and qualities, however, adequate drainage is important. Water 2-3 times per week for the first growing season.
Fertilize in spring with a slow-release balanced fertilizer. They are not guaranteed to be in bloom on arrival.