Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

Description:
Photographer: R Wait

Description:
Photographer: R Wait

Description:
Photographer: R Wait

Description: Eremophila 'Beryl's Lipstick', Taken: 21 January 2019, [HERBARIUM SPECIMEN] Copyright : Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR) holds copyright
Photographer: Palmer, R.

Eremophila 'Beryl's Lipstick'

File Number

1507

ACRA Field Book Number

1507

Registration Date

18/11/2014

Application Received

05/11/2014

Family

Scrophulariaceae

Cultivar Name

Eremophila 'Beryl's Lipstick'

Origin

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Characteristics

Open shrub, 1m (h) x 1.2m (w) Flowers: pink, 25mm x 8mm, from Aug-Oct Foliage colour: mid green Comparators: Eremophila maculata subsp. brevifolia, E. glabra Reasons for distinctiveness: Thought to be a hybrid between Eremophila glabra and E. maculata subsp. brevifolia. Eremophila ‘Beryl’s Lipstick’ has striking pink flowers as opposed to the reddish pink flowers of Eremophila maculata subsp. brevifolia. Leaves are more greyish in appearance and are larger than the comparator. It has been propagated vegetatively through several generations and has proven hardy in many districts.

Cultivation

Responds well to pruning which makes it an attractive dense shrub with spectacular flowering displays.

Publication

Growing Eremophila, R. Wait, 2021. p204; Hort Journal March 2019, Vol 11, Issue 8, Page 41

Colour Coding

Colour Coding RHS Colour Chart 1995 : Flowers: Red Purple Group 66A Leaves: Green Group 137A

Propagation

Cuttings or grafting onto suitable rootstock such as Myoporum.

Applicant Name

Russell Wait, Riddells Creek, Victoria

Uses

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

Availability

Available from Russell Wait who can be contacted by email: russwait35@gmail.com

ANBG Accession Numbers

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NSL ID

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