Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

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Description: Acmena smithii 'Mauve Maisie', Taken: 13 December 2018, [HERBARIUM SPECIMEN] ACRA NO: Acc 1110 Copyright : Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR) holds copyright
Photographer: Palmer, R.

Acmena smithii 'Mauve Maisie'

File Number

1834

ACRA Field Book Number

1112

Registration Date

10/11/2022

Application Received

02/02/2005

Family

Myrtaceae

Cultivar Name

Acmena smithii 'Mauve Maisie'

Origin

A selection from a seed germination event. Spontaneous mutation: seed parent normal Acmena smithii. This variegated seedling was chosen from a batch of normal seedlings raised in 2001 at Dales Tubestock Nursery, Landsborough, QLD. Selection criteria: red/purple colour of the variegated young leaves. PBR Status: Granted: 18-Dec-2006 Terminated: 16-Feb-2011

Characteristics

Large shrub with variegated leaves and pink new foliage growth.

Cultivation

Does best in moist well drained soils in full sun or part shade.

Publication

Plant Varieties Journal Volume 18, Issue 4

Colour Coding

RHS Colour Chart Leaves: Newly emerged: upper side 146A, secondary colour of upper side 86C - 63C ; Partly mature leaf: primary colour of upper side 147A, secondary colour of upper side 56A ; Mature leaf: primary colour of upper side 147B, secondary colour of upper side 160B

Propagation

Cuttings from semi-firm new growth

Applicant Name

Dale's Tubestock Nursery

Uses

Formal hedging. As part of a mass planting or mixed in a shrubbery

Availability

Specialist native plant nurseries

ANBG Accession Numbers

-

NSL ID

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