Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

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Melaleuca bracteata 'Golden Gem'

File Number

14

ACRA Field Book Number

-

Registration Date

20/06/1975

Application Received

01/01/1975

Family

Myrtaceae

Cultivar Name

Melaleuca bracteata 'Golden Gem'

Origin

-

Characteristics

Melaleuca 'Golden Gem' varies from other Melaleuca bracteata in that it exhibits on attractive golden colour to the tips of the branchlets. This golden colour is particularily evident during the spring months. Note: The name 'Golden Gem' has been trade marked. This cultivar has previously appeared in print in "Good Gardening" Number 10, Spring/Summer 1972 page 8 and also in "Bulletin Number 1, Save the Trees Campaign, Qld September 20, 1971 and "West Australian Gardener", Winter 1975 Volume 6 Number 2 page 2.

Cultivation

Suitable for most soil types. Best in a sunny site but will tolerate some shade. Frost resistant to -6C. Responds well to pruning.

Publication

(1976), New Australian wildflower cultivars registered here. Australian Plants 8(67): 328

Colour Coding

RHS Colour Chart 1966.leaves:(golden tips) yellow-green group 151A.flowers (styles) near white group 155A.

Propagation

Cuttings from semi-firm new growth

Applicant Name

-

Uses

As part of the shrubbery, screen planting or as a showy feature plant

Availability

Specialist native plant nurseries

ANBG Accession Numbers

ACC014, CBG8006506/8007437. A voucher specimen has alsobeen lodged with the Queensland Herbarium (BRI 120495. Registered by WGTrapnelli on 20 June 1975.

NSL ID

-