Description: Leptospermum 'Cherish'
Photographer: Peter Ollerenshaw
Photographer: Peter Ollerenshaw
Leptospermum 'Cherish'
- File Number
- 1640
- ACRA Field Book Number
- 1806
- Registration Date
- 28/11/2025
- Application Received
- 12/02/2020
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Cultivar Name
- Leptospermum 'Cherish'
- Origin
- A result of a controlled pollination or manipulated cross. - Female: L129g. - Male: Leptospermum rotundifolium Lavander Queen.
- Characteristics
- Leptospermum ‘Cherish’ is a medium to tall shrub 2-3m (h) x 2m (w). In spring it is covered in large white flowers with a touch of pink near the centre and reddish pink buds. It can be used for cut flowers if stems are picked when the bud first start to open. Distinctiveness: Leptospermum ‘Cherish’ is a larger shrub has a distinctive touch of pink near the centre whereas Leptospermum rotundifolium has white flowers which are uniform in appearance
- 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
- N/A
- Propagation
- Cuttings from semi-firm new growth
- Applicant Name
- Peter Ollerenshaw
- Uses
- As part of a mass planting or mixed in a shrubbery, or as a spectacular feature plant. Large white flowers are good for cut flowers.
- Availability
- Specialist native plant nurseries
- ANBG Accession Numbers
- -
- NSL ID
- -