Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

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Description: Chamelaucium uncinatum 'Dancing Queen', Taken: 17 December 2018, [HERBARIUM SPECIMEN] ACRA NO: Acc 890 Copyright : Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR) holds copyright
Photographer: Palmer, R.

Chamelaucium uncinatum 'Dancing Queen'

File Number

1744

ACRA Field Book Number

860

Registration Date

19/11/2021

Application Received

18/09/2022

Family

Myrtaceae

Cultivar Name

Chamelaucium uncinatum 'Dancing Queen'

Origin

Open pollination Presumed parent Chamelaucium uncinatum.

Characteristics

A rounded shrub with double soft pink to candy pink flowers growing to approximately 2m high x 1.5m wide. Very popular cut flower variety valued for its mid to late season flowering period and consistent production of 60-70cm stem lengths. Typically flowering late winter to mid spring in all growing regions.

Cultivation

Prefers an open sunny or partly shaded position and grows in a wide range of free draining soils. Tolerant of hot dry conditions and has a low water requirement once established.

Publication

Plant Varieties Journal Volume 15, Issue 3

Colour Coding

Bud: shape pear-shaped, main colour with bud cap RHS 61A, apical colour without bud cap RHS 77B-C. Petal: colour development medium, main colour at mid-maturity RHS 77B

Propagation

PBR Protected

Applicant Name

Helix Australia

Uses

Feature plant in shrubbery or as a cut flower

Availability

Specialist native plant nurseries

ANBG Accession Numbers

-

NSL ID

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