Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

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Description: Correa alba 'Western Pink Star', Taken: 24 January 2019, [HERBARIUM SPECIMEN] ACRA NO: Acc 529 Copyright : Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR) holds copyright
Photographer: Palmer, R.

Correa alba 'Western Pink Star'

File Number

529

ACRA Field Book Number

404

Registration Date

16/10/1992

Application Received

01/08/1992

Family

Rutaceae

Cultivar Name

Correa alba 'Western Pink Star'

Origin

This cultivar is said to have been chosen from the wild in western Victoria by Mr Pat Urbonus, now of Armidale, NSW and trialled by SGAP members for the past ten years. It is a from of Correa alba. It was found on cliff-tops in limestone pockets 15km east of Warnambool, Victoria. The original plants have since disappeared. Registration applied for by the Warnambool and District SGAP Inc., Victoria, in August 1992.

Characteristics

Correa 'Western Pink Star' grows from 150 mm to 1m high as a semi-ascendent mounding plant. It flowers over a long period with its main flowering in April, May and June. The flowers are pink, fading as they age. The foliage is dense with a rusty appearance due to the dense hair covering. Diagnosis: The distinguishing features of this cultivar is the bright pink flowers which differ from the typical white to pale pink. It has proved to be frost and drought hardy in cultivation.

Cultivation

This plant grows easily from cuttings and should be propagated by this means to ensure flower colour. It is fast growing and flowers in its first year.

Publication

Hitchcock, M. (2010), Correas: Australian Plants for Waterwise Gardens: 70-71 (photo)

Colour Coding

RHS Colour Chart 1966petals: between Red Group 38C and 37C (petals have only the slightestblush of pink)filaments: Red Group 38B

Propagation

Cuttings from semi-firm new growth

Applicant Name

Cherree Densley on behalfof the ASGAP Correa Study Group.

Uses

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

Availability

Specialist native plant nurseries

ANBG Accession Numbers

ACC529, ACRA404, CBG9302696

NSL ID

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