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Callistemon 'Matthew Flinders'
- File Number
- 1812
- ACRA Field Book Number
- 1056
- Registration Date
- 10/11/2022
- Application Received
- 23/07/2003
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Cultivar Name
- Callistemon 'Matthew Flinders'
- Origin
- A result of a controlled pollination or manipulated cross Parents - Female: Callistemon ‘Captain Cook’ . - Male: Callistemon ‘Little John. PBR Status: Granted: 27-Sep-2005
- Characteristics
- Dwarf shrub 0.8m(h) x 0.5m(w) with bright red bottlebrush flowers in late Winter and early Spring.
- Cultivation
- Best in a sunny site but will tolerate some shade. It is adaptable to a wide range of soil types and shows a high degree of frost hardiness, though may suffer frost damage to the younger shoot growth when grown in areas that experience severe frost. Moderately drought hardy.
- Publication
- Plant Varieties Journal Volume 16, Issue 3
- Colour Coding
- RHS Colour Chart Leaves:Young leaf yellow-green (RHS 144A), colour of mature leaf on upper side green (RHS 137A), colour of mature leaf on lower side green RHS 137B,Flowers:colour of stamen and stigma red (RHS 46B). Petal: colour of margin red (RHS 48B), colour of middle zone yellow-green (RHS 150A-B)
- Propagation
- PBR Protected
- Applicant Name
- T.C. & J.M. Keogh
- Uses
- As part of a mass planting or mixed in a shrubbery, or as a spectacular feature plant or large display pots.
- Availability
- Specialist native plant nurseries
- ANBG Accession Numbers
- -
- NSL ID
- -