Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

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Description: Grevillea buxifolia 'Lyn Parry', Taken: 07 January 2019, [HERBARIUM SPECIMEN] ACRA NO: Acc 184 Copyright : Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR) holds copyright
Photographer: Palmer, R.

Grevillea 'Lyn Parry'

File Number

184

ACRA Field Book Number

2

Registration Date

17/11/1982

Application Received

10/10/1979

Family

Proteaceae

Cultivar Name

Grevillea 'Lyn Parry'

Origin

Grevillea 'Lyn Parry' was selected from a naturally occurring hybrid plant near Kariong, New South Wales. The cultivar is a hybrid between G. buxifolia >and G. sericea. The original material was selected about 1974. Cultivar first received by the Authority on 10 September 1979. The applicant is Mr Lyn Parry of 60 Holcombe Ave, Narara, 2251.

Characteristics

This cultivar grows to ca. 1.3m tall by 1m across. The leaves are from 15mm to 35mm long, occasional silky hairs above and densely silky tomentose below. The leaves are lanceolate with an apiculate apex. The leaf margins are rolled under. The older branches have a very scattered covering of small, silky hairs while the younger branchlets are densely covered with rusty brown hairs. The peduncles and buds are covered in appressed silky hairs that are rusty reddish in colour. The perianth is approximately 6mm long and a dull pink in colour. The style is a dull red. The ovary and inside of the perianth are covered with dense, long, silky hairs. The flower racemes are terminal and umbel-like. The cultivar bears occasional flowers all year with the main flowering period being spring. Diagnosis: The hybrid origin of this cultivar is very obvious upon closer examination. Comparators: G. buxifolia CBG 7807709; G. sericea CBG 057389.

Cultivation

This cultivar has been in a number of areas of Australia and has done well in various soil and climate conditions.

Publication

Australian Cultivar Registration Authority (1984), Australian Plants as Cultivars. Australian Plants 12(99): 326

Colour Coding

RHS Colour Chart 1966.style: red group 48A.perianth lobe: red group 54C.inside perianth and ovary: white group 155B.

Propagation

Cuttings from semi-firm new growth

Applicant Name

Lyn Parry

Uses

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

Availability

Unknown

ANBG Accession Numbers

ACC184; ACRA002; CBG8305900

NSL ID

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