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Photographer: OZBREED
Photographer: OZBREED
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Photographer: OZBREED
Photographer: OZBREED
Anigozanthos 'Amber Velvet'
- File Number
- 1847
- ACRA Field Book Number
- 1144
- Registration Date
- 10/11/2022
- Application Received
- 22/11/2005
- Family
- Haemodoraceae
- Cultivar Name
- Anigozanthos 'Amber Velvet'
- Origin
- Controlled pollination between two tetraploid F1 parent lines [A. humilis x A. flavidus] x [A. pulcherrimus x A. flavidus] in Perth. Seed raised in-vitro during 2003. The selection criteria were plant height, vigour, flower colour and flowering time. Breeder:Keith Oliver, Hamersley, WA PBR Status: Granted: 22-Aug-2012
- Characteristics
- Strappy leaved shrub 50-60 cm high x 40 cm wide with 1m tall red flowers for most of the year. .
- Cultivation
- Well drained soils in full sun. Resistance to black spot
- Publication
- Plant Varieties Journal Volume 24, Issue 1
- Colour Coding
- RHS Colour Chart Flowers: Perianth tube: colour of tip of hairs (RHS colour chart) RHS 47A
- Propagation
- PBR Protected
- Applicant Name
- George Lullfitz
- 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
- -