Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

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Description: Eremophila polyclada 'Summertime Blue', Taken: 21 January 2019, [HERBARIUM SPECIMEN] Copyright : Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR) holds copyright
Photographer: Palmer, R.

Eremophila 'Summertime Blue'

File Number

1475

ACRA Field Book Number

1475

Registration Date

05/11/2013

Application Received

21/05/2013

Family

Scrophulariaceae

Cultivar Name

Eremophila 'Summertime Blue'

Origin

Eremophila Study Group Selected from a hybrid swarm of Eremophila divaricata and E. polyclada at Lake Walla Walla, Victoria, by Tony Clark of Nellies Nursery, Mannum, South Australia.

Characteristics

Large dense intricate shrub, 2m x 3m, flowers lilac with a white throat, 25-30mm, summer Diagnosis: ntermediate between the two suggested parents. Comparators: Eremophila divaricata is a medium intricate shrub with small purple blue flowers while Eremophila polyclada is a large open shrub with white flowers.

Cultivation

Grows best in well drained soils. Best in a sunny site but will tolerate some shade. It responds well to light pruning and is drought tolerant and frost hardy

Publication

Growing Eremophila, R. Wait, 2021. p150

Colour Coding

RHS Colour Chart 1995: Flowers: Violet Group 83D Leaves: Green Group 137B

Propagation

Cuttings or grafting onto suitable rootstock such as Myoporum.

Applicant Name

Ken Warnes

Uses

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

Availability

Eremophila Study Group, specialist native plant nurseries

ANBG Accession Numbers

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NSL ID

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