The Jerusalem Botanical Gardens

Common name: קליסטמון (מין לא מוגדר) 'מוב מיסט', קליסטמון תרוג 'מוב מיסט', קליסטמון תרוג 'מוב מיסט'', קליסטמון (מין לא מוגדר) 'מוב מיסט', קליסטמון תרוג 'מוב מיסט', קליסטמון תרוג 'מוב מיסט''

Family: Myrtaceae (Eucalyptus)

Synonym: Callistemon sp. 'Mauve Mist'

Description: This cultivar forms a dense shrub to a height of about 3m with an equal or slightly wider spread. The leaves are entire and about 50mm long by about 8mm wide.The new tip growth is pink and densely covered with silky hairs.The flowers are produced in dense "bottlebrush " clusters. The clusters are often produced in bunches. Individual "bottlebrushes"are pinkish mauve and about 70mm long by about 50mm wide. The stamens are the colourful part of the flower. It is reported that this cultivar will flower as late as Christmas.This cultivar is different from Callistemon 'Reeve's Pink' in flower colour. Callistemon 'Mauve Mist' has pinkish-mauve "brushes" compared with pink for Callistemon 'Reeve's Pink'.