Description: Eremophila 'Mallee Lipstick'
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Eremophila 'Mallee Lipstick'
- File Number
- 1687
- ACRA Field Book Number
- 1671
- Registration Date
- 07/05/2022
- Application Received
- 05/03/2021
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
- Cultivar Name
- Eremophila 'Mallee Lipstick'
- Origin
- Open pollination Presumed parent E. glabra x E. maculata subsp. brevifolia (large-leaved form).
- Characteristics
- Sprawling groundcover, 0.5m high x 2m in diameter. Flowers tubular 20-25mm long, buds – maroon, petals – hot pink with some white showing under the corolla, June to September.
- Cultivation
- Eremophila ‘Mallee Lipstick’ makes a vigorous, drought-tolerant groundcover, suitable for flat sites or banks. It will grow in sun or semi-shade. The flowers are well-displayed, contrast with the greyish foliage and keep their bright pink colouring until they fall. They also attract birds. The plant makes a great addition to the garden. It can be pruned back hard and can be formed into an excellent groundcover when pruned to about 0.2m.
- Publication
- Growing Eremophila, R. Wait, 2021. p206; Hort Journal Australia Feb 2020 Vol 12, Issue 7, Page 41
- Colour Coding
- RHS 1995 Leaves (upper surface): Green Group 137A; Flowers when first open Purple Violet Group 80B grading to Red Purple Group 72B, when mature: Red-Purple Group 60B
- Propagation
- Cuttings, grating on myoporum rootstocks
- Applicant Name
- Lyndal Thorburn, Queanbeyan NSW, 2621
- Uses
- Groundcover, low shrub
- Availability
- It is available from the Australian Native Plants Society Canberra Region plant sales and through the Eremophila Study Group.
- ANBG Accession Numbers
- -
- NSL ID
- -