Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

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Description: Correa pulchella 'Pink Mist', Taken: 17 January 2019, [HERBARIUM SPECIMEN] ACRA NO: Acc 392 Copyright : Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR) holds copyright
Photographer: Palmer, R.

Correa pulchella 'Pink Mist'

File Number

392

ACRA Field Book Number

245

Registration Date

19/10/1989

Application Received

01/03/1987

Family

Rutaceae

Cultivar Name

Correa pulchella 'Pink Mist'

Origin

Correa 'Pink Mist' was selected for its compact habit and flower colour. It came from a wild population of Correa pulchella on the southern Yorke Peninsula and was selected by G R O'Brien of Tea Tree Gully. The cultivar was propagated by Anstey Park Nursery in South Australia. The name refers to the light pink colour of the flowers. The cultivar was first received by the Authority in March 1987. Registration applied for by Anstey Park Nursery in South Australia.

Characteristics

This cultivar is a compact shrub to 0.75m tall by 1m wide. The leaves are grey green in colour but paler beneath. They are elliptical in shape and vary considerably in size, the larger leaves reaching 20mm long by 13mm across. The flowers are tubular, mid-pink in colour and 25mm long by 10mm diameter. The main flowering season is from May to July. Diagnosis: Correa 'Pink Mist' differs from the more usual form of C. pulchella by its very pale pink flower colour. It could possibly be confused with Correa 'Dusky Bells' (C. pulchella x C. reflexa). Correa ' Dusky Bells' has carmine pink flowers which are more concealed by the foliage than in C. 'Pink Mist'.

Cultivation

Being a selection of C. pulchella, this cultivar requires the same cultural conditions ie. moist well drained soil in full to half sun position. The cultivar is frost hardy and even though it does best in moist soils it is drought tolerant.

Publication

Hitchcock, M. (2003), Descriptions of the Species, Varieties and Cultivars. Australian Plants 22(174): 35

Colour Coding

RHS Colour Chart 1966perianth: red group 48Danther: greyed orange group 163B

Propagation

Cuttings from semi-firm new growth

Applicant Name

Anstey Park Nursery

Uses

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

Availability

Specialist native plant nurseries

ANBG Accession Numbers

ACC392, ACRA245, CBG8701472.

NSL ID

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