Description: Grevillea ‘Cream Passion’
Photographer: Peter Ollerenshaw
Photographer: Peter Ollerenshaw
Grevillea 'Cream Passion'
- File Number
- 1666
- ACRA Field Book Number
- 1520
- Registration Date
- 19/11/2021
- Application Received
- 14/02/2020
- Family
- Proteaceae
- Cultivar Name
- Grevillea 'Cream Passion'
- Origin
- A result of a controlled pollination or manipulated cross. - Female: G.’Moonlight Selected for a large cream and pink inflorescence and moderate cold tolerance - Male: G. 'Robin Gordon'
- Characteristics
- Grevillea ‘Cream Passion’ is a medium sized shrub growing to 2 metres tall x 1.5 metres across. Large cream and pink flowers are seen from winter through to spring. This plant is plant is suitable for coastal areas and places with a similar mild climate.
- Cultivation
- Performs best in an open to semi-shaded situation in well-drained soils. Severe frosts may burn the softer new growth, but mild frosts are tolerated. It responds well to pruning, helping to keep a more compact shape.
- Publication
- Dunstone, R. in Anonymous (ed.) (2014), Description. Plant Varieties Journal 27(4): 48, 123-126
- Colour Coding
- RHS 1986 Leaves: Green Group 147A; Flowers : Group 186B
- Propagation
- PBR Protected 2013/305
- Applicant Name
- Peter Ollerenshaw
- Uses
- As part of a mass planting or mixed in a shrubbery, or as a spectacular feature plant. Attracts nectar feeding birds.
- Availability
- Specialist native plant nurseries
- ANBG Accession Numbers
- -
- NSL ID
- -