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Description: Correa reflexa 'Narrow Neil', Taken: 17 January 2019, [HERBARIUM SPECIMEN] ACRA NO: Acc 771 Copyright : Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR) holds copyright
Photographer: Palmer, R.

Correa reflexa var. reflexa 'Narrow Neil'

File Number

771

ACRA Field Book Number

-

Registration Date

01/09/1999

Application Received

17/06/1999

Family

Rutaceae

Cultivar Name

Correa reflexa var. reflexa 'Narrow Neil'

Origin

This is a selection of Correa reflexa var. reflexa from a forested area west of Geelong, Victoria. The original selection was by Mrs Marion Beek of Naracoorte, South Australia, in 1991. The cultivar is named in honour of Mr Neil Marriott for his efforts to popularise the genus.

Characteristics

Erect shrub to c. 1.7 m x I m with a moderately dense habit. Branchlets highly tomentose with rust coloured stellate hairs becoming brown and glabrous with age. Leaves simple, cordate, 19 mm x 14 mm, shortly petiolate. Leaf apices obtuse-emarginate, leaf bases cordate, venation reticulate, entire margins. Upper surfaces of mature leaves dark green and scabridulous. Upper surfaces of young leaves pale green with scattered white-coloured stellate hairs. Lower surfaces of leaves minutely tomentose with white stellate hairs becoming rust coloured and more concentrated on the veins. Peduncles axillary, calyx hemispherical, 5 mm high, fawn coloured with scattered rust-coloured stellate hairs. Corolla cylindrical 37mm x 9 mm, deep red with definite pale green band at tips, which are strongly reflexed and covered with a fine tomentum of red-coloured stellate hairs becoming white and lime-coloured at tips. Anthers strongly exerted, narrow oblong and obtuse. Peak flowering is from June to September in most districts. Diagnosis: This cultivar conforms to descriptions for C. reflexa var. reflexa by Wilson (1998). The rich-red flower colour and floriferous habit distinctive features of this selection from the wild. It varies from C. 'Mary's Choice' in the size and growth habit of the plant, in the size and shape of the leaves, as well as in the amount of tomentum on the leaves. The flowers are also distinctive from C. 'Mary's Choice' in the definite band of lime green at the tips and their stronger reflex.

Cultivation

This medium-sized shrub is frost and drought hardy and has a dense growth habit. The long rich-red flowers which appear in winter are attractively displayed. It is easy to grow from cuttings and is bird attractive. This form would be suited to most garden conditions. It responds favourably to light pruning and would suit background planting in garden beds. It has been trialed for 8 years.

Publication

Payne, W.H. (2001), Correa Cultivars. Australian Plants 21(169): 190

Colour Coding

RHS Colour Chart 1995Flower: Close to 50A, tips 145BLeaves upper surface: 137ALeaves lower surface: 195B (hairs and midrib 199A)

Propagation

Cuttings from semi-firm new growth

Applicant Name

Ms Cherree Densley, Killarney, Victoria, on behalf of the CorreaStudy Group. Received 17th June 1999.

Uses

As part of a mass planting or mixed in a shrubbery, or as a feature plant. Attracts nectar feeding birds.

Availability

Specialist native plant nurseries

ANBG Accession Numbers

ACC771, ACRA741, CBG9914022

NSL ID

-