Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

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Description: Callistemon pachyphyllus 'Smoked Salmon', Taken: 17 December 2018, [HERBARIUM SPECIMEN] ACRA NO: Acc 180 Copyright : Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR) holds copyright
Photographer: Palmer, R.

Callistemon pachyphyllus 'Smoked Salmon'

File Number

180

ACRA Field Book Number

-

Registration Date

21/03/1980

Application Received

20/06/1979

Family

Myrtaceae

Cultivar Name

Callistemon pachyphyllus 'Smoked Salmon'

Origin

Callistemon 'Smoked Salmon' is a selected, naturally occurring, pink flowered form of C. pachyphyllus. It was found growing amongst a large stand of the normal red flowered form in the Runaway Bay area of the Gold Coast. It was brought into cultivation in 1976 by Mrs Joan Barton.

Characteristics

In cultivation the cultivar is slightly more compact than the type and attains a height of 1.5m. All morphological characteristics of the cultivar are as for C. pachyphyllus. The flowers are a salmony pink to shell pink in colour and are plus/minus 8cm long by plus/minus 6cm wide. It is stated that in Brisbane this cultivar has some flowers for most of the year with two main flowering peaks, in summer and from autumn to early winter. The flowers during the summer months are slightly paler in colour. Diagnosis: The cultivar differs from the normal red and green flowering forms of C. pachyphyllus in the salmon pink to shell pink colour of its flowers.

Cultivation

The cultivar tolerates both moist and dry situations and is highly adaptable in cultivation.

Publication

Australian Cultivar Registration Authority (1980), Australian Plant Cultivars. Australian Plants 11(85): 31

Colour Coding

RHS Colour Chart 1966.filaments: near red 50C.style: yellow green 149D.

Propagation

Cuttings from semi-firm new growth

Applicant Name

Mrs J Barton of Buderim. Queensland.

Uses

Small shrub suitable for mass planting or mixed in a shrubbery, feature plant.

Availability

Specialist native plant nurseries

ANBG Accession Numbers

ACC180, CBG7911634/8006352

NSL ID

-