Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

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Description: Callistemon citrinus 'Firebrand', Taken: 14 December 2018, [HERBARIUM SPECIMEN] ACRA NO: Acc 191 Copyright : Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR) holds copyright
Photographer: Palmer, R.

Callistemon 'Firebrand'

File Number

191

ACRA Field Book Number

8

Registration Date

21/03/1980

Application Received

28/11/1979

Family

Myrtaceae

Cultivar Name

Callistemon 'Firebrand'

Origin

Callistemon 'Firebrand' was a seedling raised by Austraflora Nursery and planted in their grounds at Montrose in 1973. The original seed came from an unknown source..

Characteristics

This cultivar grows to plus/minus 60cm by 2.5m in width, thus making it basically prostrate in habit. The cultivar is multibranched with many branches having a prostrate habit. Some branches are semi-ascendant but then weep towards the ground. The other foliage characteristics are as for C. citrinus. Flowering is profuse and the inflorescences are plus/minus 9cm long by 4cm in diameter. The flowering season is from early November to late December in Melbourne. The flowers are a rich crimson-pink in colour, the other characteristics ar as for C. citrinus. Diagnosis: This cultivar differs form normal forms of C. citrinus in its semi-prostrate habit.

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. This cultivar responds well to tip pruning.

Publication

Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1993), Bottlebrushes, paperbarks & tea trees and all other plants in the Leptospermum alliance: 91

Colour Coding

RHS Colour Chart 1966.Flowers: close red group 53D.

Propagation

Cuttings from semi-firm new growth

Applicant Name

Molyneux Nurseries Pty. Ltd.Cultivar received by the Authority 28 November 1979.

Uses

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

Availability

Kuranga Nursery

ANBG Accession Numbers

ACC191, ACRA008, CBG8312947

NSL ID

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