Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

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Description: Copyright holder: Fagg, M. Date Taken: 26 November 2011 Taken at: ANBG Image Source: Australian Plant Image Index (APII) - Photo No.: dig.22780
Photographer: Fagg, M

Description: Prostanthera lasianthos 'Kallista Pink', Taken: 12 December 2018, [HERBARIUM SPECIMEN] ACRA NO: Acc 192 Copyright : Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR) holds copyright
Photographer: Palmer, R.

Prostanthera lasianthos 'Kallista Pink'

File Number

192

ACRA Field Book Number

-

Registration Date

22/07/1980

Application Received

09/12/1979

Family

Lamiaceae

Cultivar Name

Prostanthera lasianthos 'Kallista Pink'

Origin

Prostanthera 'Kallista Pink' is a naturally occurring deep pink flowering form of the Prostanthera lasianthos selected from a plant growing in the Dandenong Ranges in Victoria. It was originally selected by Mr L Henry. Cultivar received by the Authority 9 December 1979.

Characteristics

This cultivar has deep clear pink flowers borne in profusion. The shrub grows from 4 to 5m tall by plus/minus 3m wide. All other features of the plant are as for P. lasianthos.

Cultivation

This cultivar has been in cultivation for approximately 8 years and has proved very reliable in the near vicinity of Melbourne.

Publication

Australian Cultivar Registration Authority (1982), Australian Plant Cultivars. Australian Plants 11(90)

Colour Coding

RHS Colour Chart 1966.petal tips: near red purple group 65A.base of corolla tube: red purple group 65D.

Propagation

Cuttings from semi-firm new growth

Applicant Name

W Rand G M Elliott of "Stringybarks", Belfast Road, Montrose, Victoria.

Uses

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

Availability

Specialist native plant nurseries

ANBG Accession Numbers

ACC192; CBG7911332

NSL ID

-