Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

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Description: Grevillea 'Copper Crest', Taken: October 2000, [Copyright conditions: We handle all third party sub-licenses for commercial and non-commercial use.]
Photographer: Fagg, M.

Grevillea 'Copper Crest'

File Number

132

ACRA Field Book Number

-

Registration Date

27/03/1979

Application Received

28/05/1977

Family

Proteaceae

Cultivar Name

Grevillea 'Copper Crest'

Origin

Grevillea 'Copper Crest' is said to be a spontaneous hybrid between Grevillea aquifolium and Grevillea acanthifolia which arose at "Austraflora Nurseries" at Montrose, Victoria in 1975. Cultivar received by the Authority 31 August 1977. Originally registered as Grevillea 'Austraflora Copper Crest'

Characteristics

It is a dense mainly prostrate shrub reaching a width of 3-4m but also tends to produce upward arching branches to a height of about 600mm. These branches give an unusual saucer shape to the plant. The leaves are deeply lobed and up to 90mm long by about 40mm wide. Individual lobes which are pointed, are up to 7mm wide. The upper leaf surface is green with prominent veins while the underside is greyer with very prominent veins. A feature of the plant is that new growth is copper-coloured. The flowers are soft pink and produced in the leaf axils. They appear throughout the year with the main flowering period in late spring through to summer. Diagnosis: This cultivar is different from its stated parents in the copper to bronze leaf colouring.

Cultivation

It is reported that this cultivar is fast growing and will tolerate most soil. It will tolerate wetter soils than most grevilleas.

Publication

Description previously mentioned in "Your Garden" September 1977.;Australian Cultivar Registration Authority (1979), Australian Plant Cultivars. Australian Plants 10(80)

Colour Coding

RHS Colour Chart 1966 edition Leaves:.young leaves: near greyed-purple 187C.older leaves: near yellow-green 146A.

Propagation

Cuttings from semi-firm new growth

Applicant Name

Bill Molyneux

Uses

Groundcover suitable for mass planting or mixed in a shrubbery, attracts nectar feeding birds.

Availability

Faceys Nursery

ANBG Accession Numbers

ACC132, CBG8006363

NSL ID

-