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Each month we showcase an iconic or loved tree in Holdfast Bay. The tree of the month aims to increase the awareness of the value of trees in the City of Holdfast Bay, highlighting the important role trees play in our city such as shade, cooling, clean air, fauna habitat, wellbeing and connection to nature.
March - Tree of the Month
Species: Callistemon viminalis (weeping bottlebrush)
Family: Myrtaceae
Origin: QLD, NSW
Flowering time: Spring, Summer & Autumn
Shade provided: 5 metres
When Geoff Trowbridge’s son Russell planted this tree 20 years ago in front of the family home in Somerton Park, little did he know it would one day be named our Tree of the Month.
But thanks to Geoff’s nomination, it now bears the blue Tree of the Month sash for March.
Geoff says this Callistemon viminalis is a type of bottlebrush, is thriving and the birds love it too, especially when the tree is in flower.
With care and maintenance, after 20 years this tree could potentially:
- offset 5211 kilometres worth of CO2 emitted from the average petrol-powered passenger vehicle,
- absorb enough stormwater to fill 1 bathtub,
- remove an amount of pollution from the air – in gaseous and particulate form – equivalent in weight to 37 smartphones.
Tree of the Month Nomination Form
Is there a tree that you love or that you think deserves recognition in the City of Holdfast Bay? Take the time to nominate it by completing the form below.