Description: Taken at. Hoddles Creek, VIC
Photographer: Parsons, R. & R.
Photographer: Parsons, R. & R.
Banksia ericifolia 'Red Rover'
- File Number
- 1345
- ACRA Field Book Number
- 1345
- Registration Date
- 04/11/2010
- Application Received
- 09/06/2010
- Family
- Proteaceae
- Cultivar Name
- Banksia ericifolia 'Red Rover'
- Origin
- Selected for unusual flower colour
- Characteristics
- A moderately dense, medium upright shrub Size - 2mH x 1.5m W Flower Colour - Terracotta red Flower Size - to 250mm long x 100mm diameter Flowering time - April-Sep Leaves (Foliage colour) - Bright mid Green 1mm wide x 10mm long Frost hardiness: Medium Years in cultivation: Has the cultivar been tested Since introduction in 2004 at various east coast locations The tight knit foliage is a little more lime green than most ericifolia forms, the ascending branchlets more sparse than dense, the terracotta red flowers are quite conspicuous when in flower. Comparators: Banksia ericifolia 'Golden Girl' has larger leaves and yellow flowers
- Cultivation
- Most Banksias grow best in sandy, free draining slightly acidic soil with low nutrient levels.
- Publication
- Hort Journal Australia March 2023 Vol 15 Issue 8 P.41;RHS Cultivar Registration Bulletin 2 (2022), p29;
- Colour Coding
- RHS Colour Chart 1995 Stigma: Base 22A with graduation to middle 53A
- Propagation
- Cuttings from semi-firm new growth
- Applicant Name
- Rod & Robyn Parsons
- 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
- -
- NSL ID
- -