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Leptospermum 'Stephen Rose'
- File Number
- 1858
- ACRA Field Book Number
- 1178
- Registration Date
- 10/11/2022
- Application Received
- 23/08/2006
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Cultivar Name
- Leptospermum 'Stephen Rose'
- Origin
- A result of a controlled pollination or manipulated cross. L. ‘Stephen Rose’ has green leaves and pale pink flowers compared to ‘Jervis Bay Form’ which has red leaves and mauve flowers. Selection criteria: flower colour and size, growth habit. Parents - Female: Leptospermum rotundifolium ‘Jervis Bay Form’ . - Male: Leptospermum scoparium ‘Nanum Rubrum’. PBR Status: Granted: 28-Mar-2007
- Characteristics
- It is a compact shrub tp 1.5m with white flowers with pale pink centres, blooming in winter and spring.
- Cultivation
- Full Sun Well drained soils
- Publication
- Plant Varieties Journal Volume 18, Issue 4
- Colour Coding
- RHS Colour Chart 1995: Petal: main colour at first opening (RHS colour chart) RHS 69A; Petal: main colour two weeks after first opening (RHS colour chart) RHS 69D
- Propagation
- PBR Protected
- Applicant Name
- Geoffrey Wallace Watson
- Uses
- As part of a mass planting or mixed in a shrubbery
- Availability
- Specialist native plant nurseries
- ANBG Accession Numbers
- -
- NSL ID
- -