Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

Description:
Photographer: Neil R Marriott

Description: Grevillea 'Ochre Pokers', Taken: 10 January 2019, [HERBARIUM SPECIMEN] ACRA NO: Acc 1258 Copyright : Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR) holds copyright
Photographer: Palmer, R.

Grevillea 'Ochre Pokers'

File Number

1258

ACRA Field Book Number

1258

Registration Date

16/11/2010

Application Received

01/11/2007

Family

Proteaceae

Cultivar Name

Grevillea 'Ochre Pokers'

Origin

Open pollination with one parent thought to be Grevillea 'Canning Classic'

Characteristics

Low spreading habit, huge showy flowers racemes and soft once divided leaves. Habit/description: A moderately dense, spreading, grey-green, shrub, 0.3-1m H x 0.8-1.5m W Flowers: perianth grey-orange; style and style-end brownish-orange, 20-22mm; conflorescence c 150 mm, Oct-Jan Frost hardiness: High In cultivation since: 2006 Comparators: Grevillea ‘Canning Classic’ Grevillea ‘Canning Classic’ has longer leaves 10-15 cm long, more numerous leaf lobes (11-17) with frequent secondary division of lower lobes, longer floral pedicels (10-12 mm long) and larger pollen-presenter.

Cultivation

Highly ornamental shrub. Suitable for well drained soils. Best in a sunny site but will tolerate some shade. Frost resistant to -6C.

Publication

Hort Journal Australia December 2022/January 2023, Vol 15, Issue 6, Page 41; RHS Cultivar Registration Bulletin 2 (2022), p35;

Colour Coding

Colour Coding RHS 1995: Flowers - Style – 166C Leaves upper surface – 137A

Propagation

Cuttings from semi-firm new growth

Applicant Name

Neil R Marriott

Uses

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

Availability

Specialist native plant nurseries

ANBG Accession Numbers

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NSL ID

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