Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

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Description: Scaevola 'Zig Zag', Taken: February 2003, CD only: original M Fagg private collection [Copyright conditions: We handle all third party sub-licenses for commercial and non-commercial use.]
Photographer: Fagg, M.

Scaevola 'Zig Zag'

File Number

1817

ACRA Field Book Number

1031

Registration Date

10/11/2022

Application Received

20/11/2002

Family

Goodeniaceae

Cultivar Name

Scaevola 'Zig Zag'

Origin

Spontaneous mutation or sport. Mutation: from the parent common un-named blue Scaevola aemula as a result of soma clonal variations in tissue culture in 1998 at Silverhill Laboratory (Frontier Laboratories), Kenilworth, Republic of South Africa. Breeders: Rodney and Rachel Saunders, Kenilworth, Republic of South Africa. Selection criteria: Bicolour flower present. PBR Status: Granted:15-Mar-2006 Terminated:25-Mar-2014

Characteristics

Prostrate shrub 200mm(h) x 1-2m(w). Masses of violet and white fan flowers for most of the year.

Cultivation

Well drained soils, sun or part shade.

Publication

Plant Varieties Journal Volume 18, Issue 1

Colour Coding

RHS Colour Chart main colour when newly fully expanded white (RHS 155C), colour of mid rib when newly fully expanded violet (RHS 90A+B), main colour of oldest fully expanded violet (RHS 90C),

Propagation

Cuttings from semi-firm new growth

Applicant Name

Ball Australia Pty Ltd

Uses

Groundcover suitable for mass planting or mixed in a shrubbery. Also very useful for large display pots.

Availability

Specialist native plant nurseries

ANBG Accession Numbers

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NSL ID

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