Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

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Description: Grevillea juniperina 'Poorinda Elegance', Taken: 10 January 2019, [HERBARIUM SPECIMEN] ACRA NO: Acc 062 Copyright : Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR) holds copyright
Photographer: Palmer, R.

Grevillea 'Poorinda Elegance'

File Number

62

ACRA Field Book Number

-

Registration Date

17/05/1977

Application Received

23/10/1963

Family

Proteaceae

Cultivar Name

Grevillea 'Poorinda Elegance'

Origin

Grevillea 'Poorinda Elegance' is said to be a hybrid between a New South Wales form of G. juniperina and G. alpina x G. obtusiflora. Cultivar received by the Authority: 23 October 1963.

Characteristics

Leaves are a bright shiny green on upper surface, but covered with dense silky hairs on underside. Each leaf is up to about 4cm long and about 4-6mm wide and pungent. The edges are slightly rolled under. Flowers are yellow with contrasting bright pink style, are produced in loose heads on the ends of short branches. Short leaf-like bracts are usually seen within each flower head. Individual flowers, yellow about 1.2cm long while the bright pink styles are about 2.2cm long. Flowers are said to be sterile. Note: This cultivar can be expected to grow to a height of about 1.5m by about 2m wide. Diagnosis: The flower colours of yellow and bright pink distinguish this cultivar from its assumed parents.

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

Australian Cultivar Registration Authority (1977), Wildflowers in horticulture. Australian Plants 9(73): 195

Colour Coding

RHS Colour Chart 1966perianth tube and limb: near yellow-orange group 20A.style: red group 52A.

Propagation

Cuttings from semi-firm new growth

Applicant Name

Mr L Hodge.

Uses

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

Availability

Unknown

ANBG Accession Numbers

ACC062, CBG8006475/8006630/8006476/8006477

NSL ID

-