Description: Eremophila Peaches and Cream
Photographer: Lyndal Thorburn
Photographer: Lyndal Thorburn
Eremophila 'Peaches and Cream'
- File Number
- 1685
- ACRA Field Book Number
- 1731
- Registration Date
- 19/11/2021
- Application Received
- 22/02/2021
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
- Cultivar Name
- Eremophila 'Peaches and Cream'
- Origin
- Wild source, colour form of Eremophila racemosa,
- Characteristics
- Dense upright shrub, 1.5m (h) x 1.5m (w), leaves: dark green, flowers: buds - yellow, petals - white, 20-30mm x 10mm on a long S-shaped pedicel. Flowers in spring and autumn.
- Cultivation
- Eremophila ‘Peaches and Cream’ flowers in spring and autumn. The flowers are held well away from the stem and are showy. It responds well to light pruning which makes it an attractive shrub with spectacular flowering displays. It is moderately frost hardy, very drought hardy and needs well drained soil. It may not be long-lived in the garden without good drainage and in humid regions.
- Publication
- Growing Eremophila, R. Wait, 2021. p347
- Colour Coding
- Colour Coding RHS 1995 Leaves: Green Group 146A Petals: White Group 155C Buds: Yellow Green Group 153C
- Propagation
- Cuttings, grating on myoporum rootstocks
- Applicant Name
- Lyndal Thorburn, Queanbeyan NSW, 2621
- Uses
- Suitable for use as a feature plant; insect attractor
- Availability
- Specialist native nurseries
- ANBG Accession Numbers
- -
- NSL ID
- -