I took this picture in Arizona, but never knew it's name. I tried to look it up on the net, but the closest thing I found on the net is mimosa.....but they never show red, only pink
I also thought that it was a bottle brush, but then I went to SuniBC's page looked at her pic. there is another one of that bush when I clicked on it and the clicked again it brought the picture MUCH bigger. My mom had bottle brush, but I don't remember them having little white somethings in the middle, but it may just be the season, but Bottle Brush would also be my guess.
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I also went and looked. You were right when you said it expanded into a MUCH larger photograph. I'd be willing to bet good money that it is indeed a Bottle Brush. We are sort of looking straight at the flower and that makes it a little harder to identify. Here is a photo that shows the Bottle Brush flower a little bit better.
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Looks like Bottle Brush to me too. There are a lot of varieties though and I don't know which one this is. If you're interested in seeing the different varieties do a Google image search for Callistemon and Melaleuca. There are several varieties of each.
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At first glance I thought bottle brush but its certainly not a bottle brush bush as the leaves are wrong and they dont have those white bits in them. Id say it is a mimosa probably one thats been grafted to have this colouring.
Here is a photo of Bottle Brush that I found on Flickr. I still say it is Bottle Brush. My mother used to have Bottle Brush in our backyard when I was a kid and several of my neighbors have it too.