Description:
Photographer: R Wait
Photographer: R Wait
Description:
Photographer: R Wait
Photographer: R Wait
Eremophila 'Spitfire'
- File Number
- 1681
- ACRA Field Book Number
- 1657
- Registration Date
- 07/05/2022
- Application Received
- 25/10/2018
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
- Cultivar Name
- Eremophila 'Spitfire'
- Origin
- Chance find, thought to be a hybrid between Eremophila maculata and E. splendens.
- Characteristics
- Dense upright shrub, 1.8m x 1m, large tubular red flowers. Rationale for selection: Eremophila maculata has similar roundish leaves and red to pink flowers while Eremophila splendens has large and hairy leaves has orange flowers.
- Cultivation
- Eremophila ‘Spitfire’ responds well to pruning which makes it an attractive dense shrub with spectacular flowering displays. It has been propagated vegetatively through several generations and has proven hardy in many districts.
- Publication
- Growing Eremophila, R. Wait, 2021. p272; Hort Journal Australia June 2019 Vol 11, Issue 11, Page 40
- Colour Coding
- RHS 1995 Leaves (upper surface): Green Group 137A; Flowers: Red-Purple Group 60A
- Propagation
- Cuttings or grafting onto suitable rootstock such as Myoporum.
- Applicant Name
- Russell Wait, Riddells Creek, Victoria, 3431
- Uses
- As part of a mass planting or mixed in a shrubbery, or as a spectacular feature plant. Attracts nectar feeding birds.
- Availability
- Available from Russell Wait who can be contacted by email: russwait35@gmail.com
- ANBG Accession Numbers
- -
- NSL ID
- -