Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

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Description: Grevillea alpina 'Poorinda Beauty', Taken: 10 January 2019, [HERBARIUM SPECIMEN] ACRA NO: Acc 063 Copyright : Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR) holds copyright
Photographer: Palmer, R.

Grevillea 'Poorinda Beauty'

File Number

63

ACRA Field Book Number

-

Registration Date

22/06/1977

Application Received

21/10/1975

Family

Proteaceae

Cultivar Name

Grevillea 'Poorinda Beauty'

Origin

This cultivar is said to be a cross between a New South Wales form of Grevillea juniperina and G. alpina.

Characteristics

This plant will grow to a height of about 2m, however a tendency to produce long straggly branches has been noted. Leaves are smooth and grey-green on upper surface being very densely covered in silky hairs on the underside. Stems are covered wtih silky hairs. Each leaf is about 1.5cm long by about 3mm wide and pungent. Diagnosis: Flowers, red grading to yellow towards the limb, borne in very dense clusters. Individual flowers are 1cm long, styles deep pink, are between 1.8 - 2cm long. The flowers are said to be sterile. This cultivar can be distinguished from its parents in that the flower clusters are more dense than either of its parents, and these clusters tend to be more spread out along the branches. G.'Poorinda Beauty' is of the same cross as G. 'Poorinda Splendour' and G. 'Poorinda Wonder', however it is not known whether the same forms of the respective species were used. This cultivar differs from both G. 'Poorinda Splendour' and G. 'Poorinda Wonder' in leaf size. Leaves of this cultivar are about 1.5cm long compared with 2 - 3cm leaves for both G. 'Poorinda Splendour' and G. 'Poorinda Wonder'. Flower colour is only different in that the colour of the perianth tube is a clear bright yellow compared to the duller colour of both G.'Poorinda Splendour' and G. 'Poorinda Wonder'.

Cultivation

compact shape. The cultivar grows best in an open, sunny position. Good drainage is required

Publication

Australian Cultivar Registration Authority (1977), Wildflowers in horticulture. Australian Plants 9(73): 198

Colour Coding

RHS Colour Chart 1966perianth tube: red group 45Cperianth limb: near yellow-orange group 23Bstyle: red group 53C

Propagation

Cuttings from semi-firm new growth

Applicant Name

Mr L Hodge.

Uses

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

Availability

Unknown

ANBG Accession Numbers

ACC063, CBG068663/8006417

NSL ID

-