Metrosideros carminea is a root climber or shrub with beautiful crimson red flowers in Spring.

Metrosideros carminea will climb tree trunks or cliffs and where there is no support they will form a shrub.

When it is cutting grown from adult foliage plants, the resulting plant forms a shrub rather than a climber.
Likewise plants propagated from seed will form a climber.

• H 1 m x W 1m as a shrub
• Full sun and semi-shade
• Prefers a sheltered position
• Frost tender