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Syzygium australe 'Winter Lights'
- File Number
- 1764
- ACRA Field Book Number
- 1335
- Registration Date
- 19/11/2021
- Application Received
- 01/02/2010
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Cultivar Name
- Syzygium australe 'Winter Lights'
- Origin
- A selection from a seed germination event. Selection criteria: narrow growing habit, intense colour of new growth, clean/tidy growth habit with resistance to Psyllid attack. PBR Status Granted: 15-Oct-2010
- Characteristics
- Large shrub to small tree, from 3 to 5 metres tall if unpruned, ideal for hedging or screening. New Growth red and orange. Psyllid resistant foliage.
- Cultivation
- Fast growing. Best in well drained soils in full sun or part shade. Easily prunes to shape. Very vigorous.
- Publication
- Plant Varieties Journal Volume 22, Issue 4
- Colour Coding
- RHS Colour Chart Leaves: Newly emerged: upper side 183A; Partly mature leaf: primary colour of upper side 146A; Mature leaf: primary colour of upper side 147A;
- Propagation
- PBR Protected
- Applicant Name
- James F Koppman and Jaqueline A Koppman
- Uses
- Formal hedging. As part of a mass planting or mixed in a shrubbery
- Availability
- Specialist native plant nurseries
- ANBG Accession Numbers
- -
- NSL ID
- -