Shrub in Buenos Aires botanical gardens

[Kees Jan]

What on earth could this be? It is very beautiful. Photographed last January in Buenos Aires Botanical Gardens. I would not be surprised if it is something from New-Zealand or Australia, but what on earth could it be? It was about 2-3m high. The climate in Buenos Aires is subtropical I would say. 

[ronm]

Callistemon pallidus ?

[Kees Jan]

Thanks. C. pallidus looks very similar but the leaves in the plant I photographed seems to be much narrower and smaller than in the pics of C. pallidus that I found on the web... Perhaps a different species of Callistemon?

[majallison]

Callistemon viridiflorus?

[Kees Jan]

thanks, but leaves seem to be narrower I think

[Ezeiza]

It's been for years known as Callistemon salignus but now in Melaleuca. It is very tough although difficult to blend in (too  open and lax in this climate).

[Kees Jan]

Thanks!

[Oron Peri]

It is Melaleuca lanceolata.
Both Callistemon salignus and C. pallidus have compleetly different leaves.

[Paul T]

I would definitely be thinking Melaleuca, as Oron says, but i'm not up on the species enough to know which one.  Looks more petite than the leaves of Callistemon.

[Otto Fauser]

It is Melaleuca lanceolata.
Both Callistemon salignus and C. pallidus have compleetly different leaves.

Oron is always right -even with australian native plants !
I checked in a nursery that specialises in australian flora and it is Melaleuca lanceolata.