Description:
Photographer: Murray Fagg
Photographer: Murray Fagg
Banksia coccinea 'Waite Crimson'
- File Number
- 1806
- ACRA Field Book Number
- 1110
- Registration Date
- 19/11/2021
- Application Received
- 23/11/2004
- Family
- Proteaceae
- Cultivar Name
- Banksia coccinea 'Waite Crimson'
- Origin
- A selection from a seed germination event. Selection criteria: yield, colour, bloom quality and time of flowering. Breeder: Professor M Sedgley, Discipline of Wine and Horticulture, Waite Agricultural Research Institute, University of Adelaide, SA PBR Status Granted: 15-May-2006 Terminated: 01-Aug-2007
- Characteristics
- Large shrub to 4m in diameter with prominent red flower spikes in spring.
- Cultivation
- Very well drained soils in full sun.
- Publication
- Plant Varieties Volume 17, Issue 4
- Colour Coding
- RHS Colour Chart 1986; Flower: colour of outer perianth light grey with green tints 190A; colour of inner perianth dark purple 187C, colour of pistil crimson 53A
- Propagation
- Cuttings from semi-firm new growth
- Applicant Name
- Adelaide Research & Innovation Pty Ltd
- Uses
- As part of a mass planting or mixed in a shrubbery, or as a spectacular feature plant. Attracts nectar feeding birds.
- Availability
- Specialist native plant nurseries
- ANBG Accession Numbers
- -
- NSL ID
- -