Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

Description:
Photographer:

Grevillea 'Poorinda Royal Carpet'

File Number

79

ACRA Field Book Number

-

Registration Date

30/03/1979

Application Received

21/10/1975

Family

Proteaceae

Cultivar Name

Grevillea 'Poorinda Royal Carpet'

Origin

Grevillea 'Poorinda Royal Carpet' is said to be a hybrid between Grevillea laurifolia and Grevillea willisii. Cultivar received by the Authority 21 October 1975.

Characteristics

It is a prostrate plant with long stems spreading up to 6m. The leaves vary from entire to lobed and have pointed tips. The entire leaves are between 60-70mm long by about 20mm wide. The lobed leaves are about 80mm long and about 25mm wide across the lobes. The upper surface is smooth and dark green while the underside is grey with a dense covering of silky hairs. The flowers are of the "toothbrush" type and are borne in the leaf axils. The 10mm long perianths are maroon, while the prominent red styles are 25mm long and have a yellow-green stigma. Diagnosis: This cultivar differs from its stated parents in leaf shape and in comparison with Grevillea willisii, in flower colour. The leaves vary from Grevillea laurifolia in that some are lobed. The entire leaves are similar. The lobed leaves of this cultivar are very much less lobed than those of Grevillea willisii. Grevillea 'Poorinda Royal Carpet' has maroon flowers compared with cream for Grevillea willisii. Flower colour is not significantly different between Grevillea laurifolia and Grevillea 'Poorinda Royal Carpet'.

Cultivation

Adaptable to a wide range of soil types and shows a high degree of frost hardiness

Publication

Australian Cultivar Registration Authority (1979), Australian Plant Cultivars. Australian Plants 10(80): 165

Colour Coding

RHS Colour Chart, 1966 edition.Flowers: Perianth tube and limb: greyed-purple187DStyle: red 53D.

Propagation

Cuttings from semi-firm new growth

Applicant Name

Mr L Hodge.

Uses

Groundcover suitable for mass planting or mixed in a shrubbery, or as a spectacular feature plant, attracts nectar feeding birds.

Availability

Unknown - probably no longer in circulation

ANBG Accession Numbers

ACC079; CBG068680.

NSL ID

-