Description: Leptospermum 'Rudolph'
Photographer: Peter Ollerenshaw
Photographer: Peter Ollerenshaw
Leptospermum 'Rudolph'
- File Number
- 1631
- ACRA Field Book Number
- 665
- Registration Date
- -
- Application Received
- 12/02/2020
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Cultivar Name
- Leptospermum 'Rudolph'
- Origin
- A result of a controlled pollination or manipulated cross. - Female: Leptospermum spectable. - Male: Leptospermum morrisonii.
- Characteristics
- Fast growing medium to tall shrub that grows approximately 2-3m tall and 1.5-2m wide. It has attractive purplish new growth and large red flowers. It is a summer flowering variety. Commencing in December and often flowering through the Christmas period.
- 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 12, Issue 4
- Colour Coding
- Flowers: red-purple (RHS 61B)
- Propagation
- Cuttings from semi-firm new growth
- Applicant Name
- Peter Ollerenshaw, 159 Millynn Road BYWONG, 2621
- Uses
- A spectacular feature plant. Suitable for mass planting or mixed in a shrubbery. Also very useful for hedging.
- Availability
- Specialist native plant nurseries
- ANBG Accession Numbers
- -
- NSL ID
- -