This small shrub is upright and spreading with slender stems that form an open to compact habit. It has dull green oblong leathery leaves and the red bottlebrush-like flower appear from summer to autumn followed by capsular fruit.  

Hardiness zones 9 to 11 

Callistemon comboynensis is naturally found in Australia from Queensland to Comboyne in northern New South Wales growing on the coastal tablelands along creeks. It prefers a well drained, moderately fertile sandy/stony loams in an open sunny position and is frost and drought resistant. 

The Cliff Bottlebrush is grown for its flowers and is planted in small gardens, parks or bush gardens as a screen in shrub borders. It is suitable for coastal and adjoining tableland regions along water courses and in gully planting establishing in 3 to 5 years. It is also used in sub-tropical gardens to attract birds. ID 2394

Callistemon (ka-LEE-stay-mon) comboynensis  (kom-BOY-nee-nen-us)

Myrtaceae (mir-TAY-see-ee)
Myrtle, Eucalyptus, Clove and Guava Family