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Xerochrysum bracteatum 'Gold 'N' Bronze'
- File Number
- 2107
- ACRA Field Book Number
- 589
- Registration Date
- 10/11/2022
- Application Received
- 20/02/1997
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Cultivar Name
- Xerochrysum bracteatum 'Gold 'N' Bronze'
- Origin
- Seedling selection: ‘Diamond Head’. Breeder; WR Elliot, Heathmont VIC 1990. Selection criteria: growth habit, flower size and display. PBR Status: Granted: 25-Jun-1997 Terminated: 17-Aug-1999
- Characteristics
- Semi compact, spreading herbaceous plant with linear to lanceolate leaves that have a deep green colour. The flower buds are large (19.20mm) produced at the end of long peduncles (201mm) and are a distinct greyed-orange colour (RHS 167D) and are followed by mulit-whorled floral heads that have a papery texture and last for a long period on the plant.
- Cultivation
- Well drained soils in full sun.
- Publication
- Plant Varieties Journal Volume 9. Issue 3
- Colour Coding
- RHS Colour Chart Flower: greyed-orange colour 167D
- Propagation
- Cuttings from semi-firm new growth
- Applicant Name
- Winston R Elliot & Gwendoline M Elliot, Victoria
- Uses
- As part of a mass planting or mixed in a shrubbery
- Availability
- Specialist native plant nurseries
- ANBG Accession Numbers
- -
- NSL ID
- -