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Blandfordia grandiflora 'Sunbelle Sensation'
- File Number
- 1850
- ACRA Field Book Number
- 1148
- Registration Date
- 10/11/2022
- Application Received
- 15/12/2005
- Family
- Blandfordiaceae
- Cultivar Name
- Blandfordia grandiflora 'Sunbelle Sensation'
- Origin
- Controlled pollination: ‘Sunbelle Sensation’ was one of the progeny of a cross between ‘P3’ and ‘P13’. Both of these parents were grown from seed collected fromthe wild by a seed company. The cross was made in 1989 and ‘Sunbelle Sensation’ first flowered on 7 Dec 1993. Selection criteria: it was selected on the basis of flower colour, flower arrangement, bud colouration and time of flowering. PBR Status: Granted: 15-Jan-2009 Terminated: 02-Jul-2010
- Characteristics
- Clumping plant, with flowering stems to 1m Flowers: Red and yellow, 80mm x 40mm, mid December
- Cultivation
- Best grown in display pots
- Publication
- Plant Varieties Journal Volume 20, Issue 1
- Colour Coding
- RHS Colour Chart Flower: Flower bud: main colour of tube (RHS colour chart) greyed red 185A; Flower: colour of overlying colour (RHS colour chart) orange red 43A; Flower: yellow colour of lobes (RHS colour chart) yellow orange 15A
- Propagation
- Division or tissue culture
- Applicant Name
- Florence Treverrow
- Uses
- Cut flowers or feature plant
- Availability
- Specialist native plant nurseries
- ANBG Accession Numbers
- -
- NSL ID
- -