Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

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Description: Prostanthera cuneata 'Alpine Gold', Taken: 23 January 2019, [HERBARIUM SPECIMEN] ACRA NO: Acc 5 Copyright : Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR) holds copyright
Photographer: Palmer, R.

Prostanthera cuneata 'Alpine Gold'

File Number

5

ACRA Field Book Number

401

Registration Date

11/03/1976

Application Received

08/10/1974

Family

Lamiaceae

Cultivar Name

Prostanthera cuneata 'Alpine Gold'

Origin

A form of Prostanthera cuneata noticed on Mt McDonald in the Macalister River watershed in Victoria by Mr Bill Cane of Maffra, Victoria.

Characteristics

Diagnosis: Differs from other known forms of Prostanthera cuneata Benth. in the variegation of its upper leaves. Colour proportions vary from plus/minus 90% golden yellow to plus/minus 20% where the leaves are merely edged with gold. Variegation is absent from the lower leaves of the branches, but the green of these is vertually masked by the brilliant yellow of the younger leaves.

Cultivation

Highly ornamental small shrub. Suitable for well drained soils. Best in a sunny site but will tolerate some shade. Frost resistant to -6C. Responds well to pruning.

Publication

Australian Cultivar Registration Authority (1977), Australian Wildflower Cultivars. Australian Plants 9(70)

Colour Coding

RHS Colour Chart, 1966 editionTerminal leaves:Yellow green group 15Lower green leaves:Green group, 136A

Propagation

Cuttings from semi-firm new growth

Applicant Name

Bill Cane

Uses

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

Availability

Specialist native plant nurseries

ANBG Accession Numbers

ACC005, ACRA401, CBG9301984 Cultivar received by theAuthority on 8 October 1974. Applicant Mr W Cane.

NSL ID

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