Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

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Description: Grevillea baueri 'Pink Star', Taken: 10 January 2019, [HERBARIUM SPECIMEN] ACRA NO: Acc 179 Copyright : Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR) holds copyright
Photographer: Palmer, R.

Grevillea 'Pink Star'

File Number

179

ACRA Field Book Number

-

Registration Date

21/03/1980

Application Received

15/05/1979

Family

Proteaceae

Cultivar Name

Grevillea 'Pink Star'

Origin

Grevillea 'Pink Star' is a hybrid that arose in cultivation at the ANBG, Canberra. One of the parents is Grevillea baueri and the other parent is uncertain. Applicant was ANBG, Canberra.

Characteristics

This cultivar grows to a height of 2m with a spread of 2m. Leaves are crowded and scattered around the stems. They are glossy green on top and pale beneath. The leaf margins are recurved downwards. Mature leaves are more or less 15mm long by 3mm wide. Leaves on the lateral branches are smaller and more crowded, more or less 10mm in length. Flowers are borne terminally on the short lateral branches in short racemes. Perianth segments are pink and cream and the styles are pink and silky hairy. The flowers are more or less 25mm long and 5mm wide at the widest point. The cultivar is very floriferous, the main season being spring, with odd flowers being found all year round. Diagnosis: The cultivar is distinguished from Grevillea baueri in that its leaves are much narrower and the leaf margins are recurved. Grevillea baueri is generally a more compact shrub than Grevillea 'Pink Star

Cultivation

Hardy, reliable and adaptable cultivar which flowers prolifically, growing well in most soils. Best in a sunny site but will tolerate some shade. It responds well to heavy pruning and is drought tolerant and frost hardy.

Publication

Australian Cultivar Registration Authority (1980), Australian Plant Cultivars. Australian Plants 11(85): 37

Colour Coding

RHS Colour Chart 1966 edition.perianth: red group 54A.limb: yellow group 4C.style: red group 53CB.

Propagation

Cuttings from semi-firm new growth

Applicant Name

ANBG,Canberra.

Uses

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

Availability

Specialist native plant nurseries

ANBG Accession Numbers

ACC179, CBG8006374/8006375

NSL ID

-