Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

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Description: Grevillea buxifolia 'Evelyn's Coronet', Taken: 07 January 2019, [HERBARIUM SPECIMEN] ACRA NO: Acc 112 Copyright : Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR) holds copyright
Photographer: Palmer, R.

Grevillea 'Evelyn's Coronet'

File Number

112

ACRA Field Book Number

-

Registration Date

17/05/1977

Application Received

16/07/1976

Family

Proteaceae

Cultivar Name

Grevillea 'Evelyn's Coronet'

Origin

ORIGIN:Grevillea 'Evelyn's Coronet' is asserted to be a hybrid between G.buxifolia and G. lavandulacea. It arose spontaneously in the garden of Mrs Hickey of Lane Cove, Sydney in 1972. Cultivar received by the Authority 16 September 1976.

Characteristics

The plant can be expected to reach a height of about 2m with a spread of approximately 1.75m and exhibits an erect habit. Leaves are shiny green on upper surface and somewhat rough to touch, the underside is a paler green and covered with hairs. Individual leaves are about 2cm long and about 3mm wide. Leaf edges are rolled under. Each leaf ends in a sharp point, sometimes these points are hooked. Flowers are woolly and pink with upright red-purple styles. Flower clusters are dense, rounded and produced terminally. Individual flowers are approximately 8mm long, styles up to 1.5cm long. The plant is described as being vigorous and hardy producing numerous, readily seen terminal inflorescences. Diagnosis: It can be distinguished from its asumed parents in that its leaves are intermediate in size and the flowers are intermediate in size, colour and formation.

Cultivation

Performs best in an open to semi-shaded situation in well-drained soils.

Publication

Australian Cultivar Registration Authority (1977), Wildflowers in horticulture. Australian Plants 9(73): 202

Colour Coding

RHS Colour Chart 1966 edition.perianth tube and limb: near red group 54C.style: greyed-purple group 187C.

Propagation

Cuttings from semi-firm new growth

Applicant Name

Mrs Hickey

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, Kuranga Nursery

ANBG Accession Numbers

ACC112, CBG068661/8006367/8006368

NSL ID

-