Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

Description:
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Leptospermum laevigatum 'Raelene'

File Number

119

ACRA Field Book Number

-

Registration Date

26/06/1980

Application Received

17/05/1977

Family

Myrtaceae

Cultivar Name

Leptospermum laevigatum 'Raelene'

Origin

Leptospermum 'Raelene' was a seedling variation arising from a batch of L. laevigatum seed sown by Mr R Trimble in 1970. Cultivar received by the Authority 17 May 1977. Applicants: RW and LA Trimble. (NOTE: Formerly Leptospermum 'Flamingo')

Characteristics

It exhibits all the characters of the normal forms of L. laevigatum except that the leaves are slightly smaller, being about 15mm long by about 6mm wide, and that they are variegated. The new growth is light green margined with yellow/cream and as the growth matures the green becomes darker and the yellow/cream margins turn bright pink. Diagnosis: This cultivar is different from normal forms of its parents in its slightly smaller leaves and leaf variegation. COLOUR CODING:RHS Colour Chart 1966 edition. new tip growth: leaf margin variegation: near yellow-orange 15D. inner portion of leaf: near yellow-green 145B. mature growth: leaf margin variegation: between red 51B and C. inner portion of leaf: near green 138C. ageing growth: leaf margin variegation: near yellow-orange 14D. inner portion of leaf: near green 138C.

Cultivation

Suitable for most soil types. Best in a sunny site but will tolerate some shade. Frost resistant to -6C. Responds well to pruning.

Publication

Australian Cultivar Registration Authority (1993), Australian Plant Cultivars. Australian Plants 17(134): 59

Colour Coding

mature growth: leaf margin variegation: between red 51B and C. inner portion of leaf: near green 138C.

Propagation

Cuttings

Applicant Name

RW and LA Trimble

Uses

As part of a mass planting or mixed in a shrubbery.

Availability

Unknown

ANBG Accession Numbers

ACC119, CBG8100382

NSL ID

-