Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

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Description: Kunzea 'Badja Carpet', Taken: November 1982, CD only: original M Fagg private collection [Copyright conditions: We handle all third party sub-licenses for commercial and non-commercial use.]
Photographer: Fagg, M.

Kunzea 'Badja Carpet'

File Number

167

ACRA Field Book Number

-

Registration Date

30/03/1979

Application Received

17/11/1977

Family

Myrtaceae

Cultivar Name

Kunzea 'Badja Carpet'

Origin

Kunzea 'Badja Carpet' is a naturally occuring form of a species from Mount Badja in S E New South Wales. The species has some affinity to Kunzea capitata and was brought into cultivation at the Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra in 1974. Cultivar received by the Authority 17 November 1977.

Characteristics

It is a dense prostrate plant spreading up to 4m and reaching a height of 600mm. The dark green leaves are small being up to 7mm long by 3mm wide. New stems are dark red in colour. The white flowers are produced terminally in small clusters on short branchlets. New growth originates from the centre of the flower cluster. Diagnosis: This cultivar is different form the known normal forms of Kunzea capitata in its prostrate habit and white flowers. Kunzea capitata is usually an erect or rounded shrub to1.5m in height with mauve flowers.

Cultivation

Suitable for most soil types. Best in a sunny site but will tolerate some shade. Frost resistant Useful for nesting for small birds

Publication

Australian Cultivar Registration Authority (1979), Australian Plant Cultivars. Australian Plants 10(80): 173

Colour Coding

RHS Colour Chart, 1966 edition.petals and filaments: white 155B.anthers: yellow 9C.new stems: dark red colour

Propagation

Cuttings from semi-firm new growth

Applicant Name

ANBG, Canberra.

Uses

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

Availability

Specialist native plant nurseries

ANBG Accession Numbers

ACC167, CBG8006504

NSL ID

-