Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

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Description: Grevillea banksii 'Superb', Taken: 11 January 2019, [HERBARIUM SPECIMEN] ACRA NO: Acc 201 Copyright : Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR) holds copyright
Photographer: Palmer, R.

Grevillea 'Superb'

File Number

201

ACRA Field Book Number

-

Registration Date

20/03/1981

Application Received

26/05/1980

Family

Proteaceae

Cultivar Name

Grevillea 'Superb'

Origin

Grevillea 'Superb' is a hybrid between G. bipinnatifida and a white form of G. banksii. This cross was manipulated and was produced in cultivation by Mr M Hodge of Moorooka, Queensland. Pollen was removed from G. banksii and the seed set on G. bipinnatifida.

Characteristics

This cultivar is a shrub of medium density, growing to plus/minus 1m tall by 1-2m wide. The foliage is very similar to G. 'Robyn Gordon' (a cross with the same parent species) and it is virtually impossible to distinguish between them. The inflorescence can measure plus/minus 15cm long by plus/minus 9cm wide. The individual flowers are moderately densely packed on the raceme and completely encircle the rachis. Individual flowers measure 4.5 to 5cm long. The pedicel and perianth are also covered in dense, closely appressed hairs. The style appears glabrous but does have scattered, very short, silky hairs. The inflorescences are borne teminally. The buds are dark in colour before opening. The inflorescences are very similar to G. 'Robyn Gordon' except in colouration. The flowers are salmon in colour with the perianth changing to red as they age. The styles are red with yellow tips. Diagnosis: Vegetatively this cultivar is very similar to G. 'Robyn Gordon'. The difference is in the flower colour as described above.

Cultivation

Performs best in an open to semi-shaded situation in well-drained soils. Severe frosts (-3C and below) burns the softer new growth, but mild frosts are tolerated. It responds well to pruning, helping to keep a more compact shape.

Publication

Australian Cultivar Registration Authority (1982), Australian Plant Cultivars. Australian Plants 11(90): 271

Colour Coding

RHS Colour Chart 1966.Flowers: Style tip: orange group 24B.Style: red group 46C fading to 39CPerianth tube: red group 39BPerianth: near orange group 29C

Propagation

Cuttings from semi-firm new growth

Applicant Name

Mervyn and Olwyn Hodge, on behalf of the ASGAP Grevillea Study Group

Uses

Feature shrub

Availability

Windyridge Nursery

ANBG Accession Numbers

ACC201/196; CBG8003742/8701101.

NSL ID

-