Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

Description: Acacia cognata 'Limelight' on standard
Photographer: Peter Goldup

Description: Acacia cognata 'Limelight', Taken: December 2001, Dupe only original M Fagg private collection [Copyright conditions: We handle all third party sub-licenses for commercial and non-commercial use.]
Photographer: Fagg, M.

Acacia cognata 'Limelight'

File Number

1741

ACRA Field Book Number

882

Registration Date

19/11/2021

Application Received

30/08/2022

Family

Fabaceae

Cultivar Name

Acacia cognata 'Limelight'

Origin

Open pollination, Acacia cognata seedling selection. Plant Breeders Rights registration granted 20-Sep-2001, current status registration expired.

Characteristics

Plant: dwarf, bushy dense shrub, 1m x 1m with pendulous lime green foliage and mounding habit. Stem: many prostrate to arching stems supporting willowy branchlets. Foliage: narrow linear phyllodes, with indistinct venation and slightly acuminate apices, thin, average size 50 x 1.7mm. Diagnosis: distinctly smaller in habit and leaf form and lighter in colouration from other known dwarf cultivars of Acacia cognata.

Cultivation

Suitable for most soil types. Best in a sunny site but will tolerate some shade. Frost resistant to -6C.

Publication

Plant Varieties Journal Volume 13, Issue 4

Colour Coding

RHS 1995 Leaves: predominant colour green (RHS 143C) with lime-green (144B-C) highlights

Propagation

Cuttings from semi-firm new growth

Applicant Name

Phillip Dowling, Native Plant Wholesalers Pty Ltd, Mt Gambier, SA.

Uses

As part of a shrubbery, or as a feature plant.

Availability

Specialist native plant nurseries

ANBG Accession Numbers

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NSL ID

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