bright red flowers of weeping bottlebrush (melaleuca viminalis) are arranged in spikes

melaleuca viminalis weeping bottlebrush creek plant myrtle family myrtaceae melaleuca australia callistemon multi-trunked large shrub tree hard bark pendulous foliage drooping bright red flower spring summer cultivated garden cultivar grown fibrous furrowed branches leaves narrow elliptical oil gland spikes flowering petals woody capsule watercourse food nectivores survive strong current flood floodwater erosion streams river riverbank street roadside