Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

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Description: Copyright holder: Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG) Date Taken: 17 October 1983 Taken at: ANBG Banksia Centre alcove 2 Image Source: Australian Plant Image Index (APII) - Photo No.: x.489
Photographer: Hotchkiss, R

Description: Correa reflexa 'Fat Fred', Taken: 17 January 2019, [HERBARIUM SPECIMEN] ACRA NO: Acc 198 Copyright : Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR) holds copyright
Photographer: Palmer, R.

Correa reflexa var. speciosa 'Fat Fred'

File Number

198

ACRA Field Book Number

-

Registration Date

20/03/1981

Application Received

21/05/1980

Family

Rutaceae

Cultivar Name

Correa reflexa var. speciosa 'Fat Fred'

Origin

Correa 'Fat Fred' is a selected form of Correa reflexa var. speciosa originally introduced by Somerville Nurseries Pty Ltd. Cultivar received by the Authority 21 May 1980.

Characteristics

This cultivar is a very large flowered form of the species. The flowers are quite squat, measuring plus/minus 30mm overall by plus/minus 13mm in diameter. The upper part of the corolla tube is red while the tips are a clear green yellow. All other characteristics of the cultivar fit within the known range of variation of C. reflexa var. speciosa. Diagnosis: The cultivar can be distinguished by its very large flowers.

Cultivation

Grows best in well drained soils. Best in a sunny site but will tolerate some shade. It responds well to light pruning

Publication

Australian Cultivar Registration Authority (1982), Australian Plant Cultivars. Australian Plants 11(90): 264

Colour Coding

RHS Colour Chart 1966.corolla: near red 47A.corolla tips: yellow green 154C.anthers: yellow orange 15A.

Propagation

Cuttings or grafting onto suitable rootstock such as Correa glabra.

Applicant Name

Mr Tom Fawcett of Somerville Nurseries, 419 Flinders Road, Somerville, 3912.

Uses

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

Availability

Specialist native plant nurseries

ANBG Accession Numbers

ACC198; CBG8003714.

NSL ID

-