Callistemon 'Little Silver'
- File Number
- 1813
- ACRA Field Book Number
- 1716
- Registration Date
- 10/11/2022
- Application Received
- 06/11/2019
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Cultivar Name
- Callistemon 'Little Silver'
- Origin
- A result of a controlled pollination or manipulated cross
Parents
- Female: Callistemon viminalis 'Little John'
- Male: .Callistemon viminalis 'Pindi Pindi'
PBR Status: Granted: 19-Nov-2019
- Characteristics
- Compact shrub with red bottlebrush flowers leaves with a silvery sheen.
- Cultivation
- Best in a sunny site but will tolerate some shade. It responds well to heavy pruning and is drought tolerant and frost hardy.
- Publication
- Plant Varieties Journal Volume 25, Issue 3
- Colour Coding
- RHS Colour Chart Leaves:colour of mature leaf upper side 138AB
- 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. Attracts nectar feeding birds.
- Availability
- Specialist native plant nurseries
- ANBG Accession Numbers
- -
- NSL ID
- -