Cultivars
'Port Wine'
This shrub is simular to the species but produces rose-pink bottlebrush-like flowers. It is used in screen planting and tolerates most well drained sandy soils. It tolerates a light prune to shape and has a low water requirement once established. (Scale: 1-drop from 3)

'Burgundy'
This shrub is simular to the species but produces burgundy bottlebrush-like flowers. It is used in parks and gardens as a specimen or for colour contrast. It tolerates a light prune to shape and has a low water requirement once established. (Scale: 1-drop from 3)


'Macrantha'
This shrub is simular to the species but produces longer bottlebrush-like flowers and is planted in borders for screening. It tolerates a light prune to shape and has a low water requirement once established. (Scale: 1-drop from 3)


'Giant Candles'
This shrub has large burnt orange flower spikes to 400m (16in) long otherwise it is the same as the species. It is grown for its long lasting flowers in borders or seaside gardens on well drained moderately fertile sandy soils. It tolerates a light prune to shape and has a low water requirement once established. (Scale: 1-drop from 3)