Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

Description: Grevillea 'New Blood'
Photographer: Peter Ollerenshaw

Description: Grevillea juniperina 'New Blood', Taken: 24 January 2019, [HERBARIUM SPECIMEN] Copyright : Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR) holds copyright
Photographer: Palmer, R.

Grevillea 'New Blood'

File Number

1561

ACRA Field Book Number

1561

Registration Date

10/02/2016

Application Received

11/01/2016

Family

Proteaceae

Cultivar Name

Grevillea 'New Blood'

Origin

Self-pollination of Grevillea ‘Goldfever’.

Characteristics

Groundcover to 0.25m (h) x 1–1.5m (w) Flowers: March–September, bright red, conflorescence to 50mm in diameter Foliage colour: Dark green Comparators: Grevillea juniperina red prostrate form Reasons for distinctiveness: Compact plant with abundance of bright red flowers.

Cultivation

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

Publication

Hort Journal Australia February 2019, Vol 11, Issue 7, Page 41

Colour Coding

Colour Coding RHS Colour Chart 1995 : Flowers: Perianth and Style: Red group 45C Leaves (upper surface): Green group 137A

Propagation

Cuttings from semi-firm new growth

Applicant Name

Peter Ollerenshaw, Bywong, NSW (on behalf of the ANPSA Grevillea Study Group)

Uses

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

Availability

Bywong Nursery, Kuranga Nursery, wide ranges of specialist native nurseries

ANBG Accession Numbers

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NSL ID

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