Description: Leptospermum 'Piccolo'
Photographer: Peter Ollerenshaw
Photographer: Peter Ollerenshaw
Leptospermum 'Piccolo'
- File Number
- 1633
- ACRA Field Book Number
- 1796
- Registration Date
- 28/11/2025
- Application Received
- 12/02/2020
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Cultivar Name
- Leptospermum 'Piccolo'
- Origin
- A result of a controlled pollination or manipulated cross. - Female: L239c. - Male: L237c.
- Characteristics
- A dwarf rounded shrub to 1m red flowers in late spring. Distinctiveness: The closest comparator is Leptospermum 'Outrageous' is a medium to tall shrub with drooping branches and grows to approximately 2m tall by 1.5m across. with deep red flowers which occur 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
- Cultivar Registration Bulletin No. 4 (2024), p 3.
- Colour Coding
- RHS Colour Code Leaves:Yellow Green 137A; Red purple group 63A
- Propagation
- Cuttings
- Applicant Name
- Peter Ollerenshaw
- Uses
- Groundcover suitable for mass planting or mixed in a shrubbery, or as a spectacular feature plant, Also very useful for large display pots.
- Availability
- Specialist native plant nurseries
- ANBG Accession Numbers
- -
- NSL ID
- -