Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

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Description: Crowea exalata 'Bindalong Compact', Taken: 21 January 2019, [HERBARIUM SPECIMEN] ACRA NO: Acc 266 Copyright : Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR) holds copyright
Photographer: Palmer, R.

Crowea exalata 'Bindelong Compact'

File Number

266

ACRA Field Book Number

-

Registration Date

17/10/1984

Application Received

01/04/1982

Family

Rutaceae

Cultivar Name

Crowea exalata 'Bindelong Compact'

Origin

Crowea 'Bindelong Compact' is a form of Crowea exalata selected from the wild in the vicinity of The Crinoline in the Eastern Highlands of Victoria. Cultivar first received by the Authority in April 1982. The applicant is Bindelong Nursery, 55 Railway Parade, Wandin North, Victoria 3139

Characteristics

This cultivar is a form of Crowea exalata. It is a compact shrub with a height of about 0.5m and a width of about 1m. It is very floriferous, producing deep pink flowers which darken to a deep purple with age. The flowers and leaves are in the smaller size range of the species with the flower diameter around 1.7cm and the leaves about 1.2cm long. Diagnosis: C. 'Bindelong Compact' is more compact than the usual form of C. exalata which grows to more or less 1m high. It flowers throughout the year with the main flowering from December to April. Other forms of C. exalata are usually most prolific from March to May. Other features of this cultivar are as for C. exalata.

Cultivation

C. 'Bindelong Compact' is both drought and frost hardy. It has been in cultivation since 1976.

Publication

Australian Plants Journal, December 1989 Vol 15, p 230

Colour Coding

RHS Colour Chart 1966.Flowers: perianth: freshly opened petals close to red purple group 74C,darkening to 61A with age.

Propagation

Cuttings from semi-firm new growth

Applicant Name

Bindelong Nursery

Uses

As part of a mass planting or mixed in a shrubbery, or as a spectacular feature plant or large display pots.

Availability

Kuranga Nursery

ANBG Accession Numbers

ACC266; CBG8200999.

NSL ID

-