Description:
Photographer: Russell Wait
Photographer: Russell Wait
Description:
Photographer: Russell Wait
Photographer: Russell Wait
Eremophila 'Eyre Princess'
- File Number
- 1611
- ACRA Field Book Number
- 1713
- Registration Date
- 07/05/2022
- Application Received
- 13/11/2019
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
- Cultivar Name
- Eremophila 'Eyre Princess'
- Origin
- Chance find - came up on the Eyre Peninsula (Kimba Church Yard). Thought to be hybrid between Eremophila drummondii and E. nivea.
- Characteristics
- Medium sized open shrub to 2m in diameter, violet/lilac tubular flowers in spring and sporadically after new growth. Leaves grey/green18-25mm long x 2-4mm wide.
- Cultivation
- Grows in most soils as long as it drains and can handle some shade but best in full sun.
- Publication
- Growing Eremophila, R. Wait, 2021. p153
- Colour Coding
- RHS 1995 Petals: Violet Group near 88A; leaves Green Group near 147A
- Propagation
- Cuttings
- Applicant Name
- Russell Wait, Po Box 325 Riddells Creek, 3431
- Uses
- Spectacular feature plant. Suitable for mass planting or mixed in a shrubbery, or for display in large pots.
- Availability
- Available from Russell Wait who can be contacted by email: russwait35@gmail.com
- ANBG Accession Numbers
- -
- NSL ID
- -