"Pete L" wrote in message

We live in Margate, UK. About 2 mins walk from the sea so get very few
frosts. We have a bottle brush in a pot and is about 18 ins high. My
question - when the red 'brush' dies down on a branch there is further
growth of leaves above. Should these leaves be cut off or will a new
brush appear?

This might help:
http://www.anbg.gov.au/callistemon/index.html

If you don't get many frosts, it'd probably be better off in the garden than
in a pot, but then again, many bottle brushes don't mind frost at all.