Dawson River is one of the great Callistemon. Make sure you prune it after
flowering as with most Callistemon as they use a lot energy in forming the
seed pods.

As an aside this was discovered by a great friend of mine George Trapnell
(long dead sadly) on the Dawson River in Queensland. My dad Sid, propagated
many of these on return from his travels and we still have some of the
original plants. You can tell his plants because he named them after where
they were found or by the colour using the international Colour chart.

George won an Order of Australia for his work.

You might like to try some of his other plants
Callistemon Rose Opal, Capt Cook, Injune, Lustre Creek and many more

Robert

"*Princess*" wrote in message
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I am not much into natives but I inherited with the house a red flowering
callistemon and I think it is "Dawson River" from what I saw at my local
nursery. It is giving a lovely show at my mailbox and hopefully will
continue to if I keep it lightly pruned so it doesn't get that neglected
leggy native plant look that you see so much around Perth.
Thanks for the web link .... helpful
Bemoaning the heavy weather predicted for Perth this weekend as it limits
planned gardening projects.

"Mitchell" wrote in message
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"Don" wrote in message
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*Princess* wrote:

Hi to all
I am undertaking the enjoyable task (I think) of turning my
frontyard
lawn
area into an extension of existing beds hopefully making a cottage
garden of
varying height layers with wander stepping stones.
Any suggestions of "must have" shrubs large or small especially ones
that
flower during autumn & winter to add colour to an otherwise dull
street.

Callistemons: http://www.anbg.gov.au/callistemon/index.html

Cheers
Don


I have a callistemon little john.

Birds love it

Regards,
Mitch