Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

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Description: Grevillea banksii 'Winter Sparkles', Taken: 15 January 2019, [HERBARIUM SPECIMEN] ACRA NO: Acc 497 Copyright : Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR) holds copyright
Photographer: Palmer, R.

Grevillea 'Winter Sparkles'

File Number

497

ACRA Field Book Number

345

Registration Date

16/10/1992

Application Received

07/08/1991

Family

Proteaceae

Cultivar Name

Grevillea 'Winter Sparkles'

Origin

Grevillea 'Winter Sparkles' is an F1 hybrid of Grevillea banksii x pteridifolia. The name refers to the character of its flowers and its flowering period. The originator and applicant was Mrs E J Morgan of Glasshouse Mountains, Queensland. In cultivation since 1986, the specimen was first received by the Authority on 7/8/1991.

Characteristics

A tall, moderately dense, pyramidal shrub 5-6 m tall and 2-2.5 m wide, usually with one main erect stem. Bark grey, branchlets grey to silver grey with appressed fine silky hairs. Leaves deeply pinnate (14-)20-25 cm long, (7-)11-18 cm wide with linear lobes (5-) 10-15 cm long. Upper surface glabrous, green, lower surface silvery white due to fine silky appressed white hairs. Venation inconspicuous except for mid-vein. Flowers June - September in erect terminal secund inflorescences, becoming sub-cylindrical at anthesis; 12-15 cm long, 4-6 cm wide. Floral rachis covered with a moderately dense indumentum of short, spreading white hairs. Bracts linear to lanceolate, noticeable orange-yellow on inner surface, deciduous at anthesis. Perianth with an open matted indumentum outside and glabrous inside, 5 mm long, 4 mm wide. Pistil 27mm long, ovary sessile, densely hairy with appressed long silky white hairs, style glabrous, pollen presenter slightly lateral, stigma prominent. Diagnosis: Grevillea 'Winter Sparkles' has denser foliage than G. pteridifolia and G. 'Honey Gem' , and is taller than G. banksii. The flower colour is slightly more orange than G. 'Sandra Gordon'.

Cultivation

Drought hardy but only moderately frost hardy. Very attractive to small parrots.

Publication

W.H. Payne, New Grevillea Cultivars, in Australian Plants, Vol 21(170), 272;

Colour Coding

(RHS 1966)Flowers Yellow- orange 23A

Propagation

Cuttings from semi-firm new growth

Applicant Name

Mrs E. J. Morgan

Uses

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

Availability

Specialist native plant nurseries

ANBG Accession Numbers

ACC497; ACRA345; CBG9104539.

NSL ID

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