Description: Prostanthera incana 'Penrose Pink'
Photographer: Peter Ollerenshaw
Photographer: Peter Ollerenshaw
Prostanthera incana 'Penrose Pink'
- File Number
- 1723
- ACRA Field Book Number
- 1776
- Registration Date
- 10/11/2022
- Application Received
- 19/09/2021
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Cultivar Name
- Prostanthera incana 'Penrose Pink'
- Origin
- Selection by Cathy Hook and Paul Carmen from a wild source near Penrose NSW.
- Characteristics
- Low spreading shrub,1m (h) x 2m (w) Flowers: Pale pink, around 10mm in diameter, profuse, from late winter to spring September to October. Foliage colour: Dark green Diagnosis: Prostanthera incana is a shrub 1-2.5m(h) x 1.5-3m(w) usually with lilac flowers. Prostanthera incana 'Penrose Pink' is a low spreading shrub with pink flowers.
- Cultivation
- Suitable for well drained soils. Best in a sunny site but will tolerate some shade. Frost resistant to -6C.Responds well to pruning.
- Publication
- RHS Cultivar Registration Bulletin 2 (2022), p40;
- Colour Coding
- RHS Colour Chart 1995 Petals: Red/Purple Group 65C
- Propagation
- Cuttings from semi-firm new growth
- Applicant Name
- Paul Carmen and Cathy Hook
- Uses
- As part of a mass planting or mixed in a shrubbery
- Availability
- Bywong Nursery
- ANBG Accession Numbers
- -
- NSL ID
- -