Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

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Description: Ceratopetalum gummiferum 'Bill Winter', Taken: 10 December 2018, [HERBARIUM SPECIMEN] Copyright : Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR) holds copyright
Photographer: Palmer, R.

Ceratopetalum gummiferum 'Bill Winter'

File Number

2026

ACRA Field Book Number

707

Registration Date

10/11/2022

Application Received

12/01/1999

Family

Cunoniaceae

Cultivar Name

Ceratopetalum gummiferum 'Bill Winter'

Origin

A selection from a seed germination event. PBR Status: Granted 28-Mar-2002 Terminated: 22-Jun-2005

Characteristics

Upright, bushy, evergreen small tree. Leaves: opposite, trifoliate, flat, waxy. Leaflets: length medium (mean 61.97mm), width medium (mean 15.96mm), shape elliptic, apex acute (point rounded), base oblique-attenuate, upper surface dark green, lower surface lighter green, margin serrated, colour of new growth orange-red with a green midrib. Flowers: small, creamy white in terminal panicles. Sepals: 4-5 broadly obovate, sepal-circle mean diameter 19.65mm, white at first flower (Nov), ripening (mid Dec) to orange-red (RHS 180B) on inside of sepal and orange-red. Selected for its striking, dark green foliage, and superior fruit size, colour and density

Cultivation

Well drained soils in full sun or part shade

Publication

Plant Varieties Journal Volume 14, Issue 2

Colour Coding

RHS Colour Chart Flowers: Sepals: white at first flower (Nov), ripening (mid Dec) to orange-red (RHS 180B) on inside of sepal and orange-red (RHS 180C) on outside of sepal.

Propagation

Cuttings from semi-firm new growth

Applicant Name

Kay Winter, Vic Ciccolella and Yellow Rock Native Nursery Pty Ltd

Uses

As part of a mass planting or mixed in a shrubbery

Availability

Specialist native plant nurseries

ANBG Accession Numbers

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NSL ID

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