Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

Description: Pimelea linifolia 'Diamond Head' Taken at. Australian National Herbarium, ACT 21 January 2019 Image Source: Australian Plant Image Index (APII) - Photo No.: x.3225
Photographer: Palmer, R.

Description: Pimelea linifolia 'Diamond Head' Taken at. Australian National Herbarium, ACT 21 January 2019 mage Source: Australian Plant Image Index (APII) - Photo No.: x.3124
Photographer: Palmer, R.

Pimelea linifolia 'Diamond Head'

File Number

377

ACRA Field Book Number

215

Registration Date

14/05/1990

Application Received

01/05/1986

Family

Thymelaeaceae

Cultivar Name

Pimelea linifolia 'Diamond Head'

Origin

Pimelea 'Diamond Head' was selected from a wild population of Pimelea linifolia at Diamond Head, NSW. The selection was made by Mr Greg Lamont of the Dept. of Agriculture, Gosford, NSW. The cultivar was first received by the Authority in May 1986. Registration applied for by the NSW Dept of Agriculture.

Characteristics

This cultivar is a very compact and low growing form of the species. It grows to 0.6 metre tall by 0.4 to 0.6 metre wide. The flowers appear almost all year round and the inflorescences are from 25 - 30mm in diameter. Diagnosis: This cultivar differs from the species in its very compact habit, its floriferous nature. The leaves are larger and more rounded than for the species.

Cultivation

At the time of testing this cultivar had not been widely tested though it will probably grow well in similar conditions to those needed by P. linifolia. Subject to frost damage restraints in spring. Compact form leads to Botrytis outbreak. Requires good drainage and is resistant to salt spray. It must be vegetatively propagated to retain the cultivar form.

Publication

RHS Cultivar Registration Bulletin 2 (2022), p39;

Colour Coding

RHS COLOUR CHART 1966 Flowers:White Group 155B

Propagation

Cuttings

Applicant Name

NSW Dept of Agriculture

Uses

As part of a mass planting or mixed in a shrubbery, or as a feature plant.

Availability

Unknown

ANBG Accession Numbers

ACC377, ACRA215, CBG8601385.

NSL ID

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