Description: Melaleuca bracteata 'Golden Gem', Taken: February 1977, CD only: original M Fagg private collection [Copyright conditions: We handle all third party sub-licenses for commercial and non-commercial use.]
Photographer: Fagg, M.
Photographer: Fagg, M.
Melaleuca bracteata 'Golden Gem'
- File Number
- 2205
- ACRA Field Book Number
- -
- Registration Date
- 04/10/2023
- Application Received
- 06/09/1975
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Cultivar Name
- Melaleuca bracteata 'Golden Gem'
- Origin
- -
- Characteristics
- Shrub 2m(h) x 4m(w) with golden leaves. Melaleuca 'Golden Gem' varies from other Melaleuca bracteata in that it exhibits on attractive golden colour to the tips of the branchlets. This golden colour is particularily evident during the spring months. Note: The name 'Golden Gem' has been trade marked. This cultivar has previously appeared in print in "Good Gardening" Number 10, Spring/Summer 1972 page 8 and also in "Bulletin Number 1, Save the Trees Campaign, Qld September 20, 1971 and "West Australian Gardener", Winter 1975 Volume 6 Number 2 page 2.
- Cultivation
- Well drained soils in full sun or part shade
- Publication
- Elliot, W.R. & Jones, D.L. (1993), Encyclopaedia of Australian plants suitable for cultivation 6:324
- Colour Coding
- R.H.S. Colour Chart 1966. Leaves (golden in tips) yellow green group 151A. Flower (styles) near white group 155A.
- Propagation
- Cuttings of semi-firm new growth
- Applicant Name
- Paul Carmen
- Uses
- General ornamental planting
- Availability
- Specialist nurseries
- ANBG Accession Numbers
- CBG 8006506
- NSL ID
- -