{"product_id":"weeping-bottlebrush-better-john-callistemon-viminalis-better-john","title":"Dwarf Weeping Bottlebrush Better John - Callistemon viminalis 'Better John' PBR","description":"\u003cp\u003eCallistemon viminalis 'Better John' is a refined, compact cultivar that brings everything you love about the classic Weeping Bottlebrush into a much more manageable size. The foliage is a distinctive blue-green on mature growth, while new growth emerges with soft, silvery tones from a fine hairy texture that catches the light and gives the plant a two-toned quality that is genuinely attractive even when not in flower. From mid to late spring, small bright red bottlebrush flowers appear across the plant, drawing honeyeaters, lorikeets, and other nectar-feeding birds into the garden reliably each season.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrowing to approximately 60cm to 1.2m tall and 60 to 90cm wide, 'Better John' is compact enough for formal hedging, border planting, and large containers while still delivering the full ornamental and wildlife value of the species. It is highly drought, frost, and wind tolerant once established, thrives in loam and sandy well-drained soils, and performs well in full sun through to semi shade. These qualities make it an outstanding choice for coastal gardens, low water garden designs, rockeries, and native plantings across Melbourne and broader southern Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a Myrtaceae, 'Better John' requires a low phosphorus fertiliser. This is the single most important care requirement for long-term success. Beyond that, it is a genuinely low maintenance plant that asks very little once established. A PBR protected cultivar (LJ1), it represents one of the best compact Bottlebrush selections currently available for Australian gardens.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Nest","offers":[{"title":"14cm","offer_id":46499347824801,"sku":"Callistemon viminalis 'Better John'","price":14.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20cm","offer_id":46499347857569,"sku":"Callistemon viminalis 'Better John' - 20cm","price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"25cm","offer_id":46499347890337,"sku":"Callistemon viminalis 'Better John' - 25cm","price":49.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0663\/9711\/0433\/files\/19_19f7f7cf-3758-439c-b602-21bdd13b267d.png?v=1780449737","url":"https:\/\/www.plantnest.com.au\/products\/weeping-bottlebrush-better-john-callistemon-viminalis-better-john","provider":"Plant Nest | Trees, Hedging Plants \u0026 Garden Inspiration","version":"1.0","type":"link"}