Description: Leptospermum 'Freya'
Photographer: Peter Ollerenshaw
Photographer: Peter Ollerenshaw
Leptospermum 'Freya'
- File Number
- 1618
- ACRA Field Book Number
- 686
- Registration Date
- 19/11/2021
- Application Received
- 11/02/2020
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Cultivar Name
- Leptospermum 'Freya'
- Origin
- A result of a controlled pollination or manipulated cross. - Female: leptospermum scoparium ssp eximium. - Male: Leptospermum scoparium Nanum Rubrum.
- Characteristics
- Small shrub 1.5m (H) x 1m (w). Masses of pink flowers in Spring.
- Cultivation
- Highly ornamental shrub. Suitable for most soil types. Best in a sunny site but will tolerate some shade. Frost resistant to -6C. Responds well to pruning.
- Publication
- Plant Varieties Journal Volume 11, Issue 4
- Colour Coding
- RHS 1986 Petal colour white to pale pink 185D
- Propagation
- Cuttings
- Applicant Name
- Peter Ollerenshaw, 159 Millynn Road BYWONG, 2621
- Uses
- As part of a mass planting or mixed in a shrubbery, or as a spectacular feature plant or large display pots.
- Availability
- Specialist native plant nurseries
- ANBG Accession Numbers
- -
- NSL ID
- -