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The bottlebrush Callistemon macroponctatus speckled yellow by its elongated stamens. It is the appearance of these elongated stamens, protruding beyond the petals, that led to this flowering shrub's common name.

Any of several trees or shrubs common in Australia, belonging to the myrtle family. They have cylindrical, composite flower heads in green, yellow, white, various shades of red, and violet. (Genus Callistemon, family Myrtaceae.)



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(Amelanchier canadensis), bottlebrush buckeye (Aesculus parviflora), arrow-wood (
The two mature bottlebrush trees would be retained, and the alterations would "defer to, rather than dominate" the existing stone library.
They also will be surrounded by more than 1,100 shrubs (including dramatic and less-common varieties such as bottlebrush buckeye) and nearly 13,000 individual groundcover plants (such as ferns, heuchera, sedges, and ajuga).
 
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