Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

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Babingtonia similis 'Howie's Feathertips'

File Number

147

ACRA Field Book Number

-

Registration Date

29/03/1979

Application Received

30/11/1977

Family

Myrtaceae

Cultivar Name

Babingtonia similis 'Howie's Feathertips'

Origin

Babingtonia 'Howie's Feathertips' is a seedling variant which arose spontaneously in a batch of seed of the Brisbane form of what was then known as Baeckea virgata. Cultivar received by the Authority 30 November 1977. Applicants: SA and JM Howie.

Characteristics

Note: Formerly Baeckea 'Howie's Featherfolia'. It is a small dense shrub growing to a height of about 500mm by 1m wide. The leaves are up to 10mm long by 1mm wide. Individual flowers are about 6mm wide. Diagnosis: This cultivar is different from the known normal forms of its parent in its lower height, fine foliage and weeping habit. In all other respects it is similar to its parent.

Cultivation

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

Publication

Payne, W.H. (1979), Garden Cultivars of Australian Plants. Australian Plants 10(80): 170;Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (2003), Australian Native Plants: cultivation, use in landscaping and propagation Edn. 5: 124

Colour Coding

N/A

Propagation

Cuttings from semi-firm new growth

Applicant Name

Howie's Nursery.

Uses

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

Availability

Friends of the ANBG Canberra Periodically

ANBG Accession Numbers

ACC147

NSL ID

-