Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

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Description: Pimelea ferruginea 'Bon Petite', Taken: 21 January 2019, [HERBARIUM SPECIMEN] Copyright : Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR) holds copyright
Photographer: Palmer, R.

Pimelea ferruginea 'Bonne Petite'

File Number

344

ACRA Field Book Number

110

Registration Date

15/10/1992

Application Received

02/08/1984

Family

Thymelaeaceae

Cultivar Name

Pimelea ferruginea 'Bonne Petite'

Origin

Pimelea 'Bonne Petite' is a colour form selected from natural populations of Pimelea ferruginea in south-west Western Australia. The cultivar was first received by the Authority in 1984. Registration was applied for by N Peate, Plant Growers Australia, Victoria.

Characteristics

This cultivar is a very compact shrub to 0.7m tall by 0.7m wide. The flowers are cerise pink in clusters and are found in the spring Leaves oval shaped and ca. 12mm long. Diagnosis: Pimelea 'Bonne Petite' is very similar to P. 'Magenta Mist' but differs in the following ways. P. 'Bonne Petite' has a shorter internode distance making it more compact; the flower heads are slightly smaller, being 20-25mm across compared with 30mm for P. 'Magenta Mist'; the flowers are a paler pink; the flower colour fades less quickly; the leaf apex is slightly pointed compared to the rounded apex of P. 'Magenta Mist'.

Cultivation

Chosen as the Shrub of the Year in 1980 by the Tree & Shrub Growers of Victoria. This selection requires similar conditions as P. ferruginea for successful culture. It requires a well drained sunny to dappled shade position. It tends to be short lived (root rot) in humid or wet summers. It is frost hardy and withstands dry conditions. Propagation must be by vegetative means to retain the cultivar form. It is a useful specimen shrub all year round.

Publication

Australian Cultivar Registration Authority (1988), Garden Varieties of Australian Plants 1: 22

Colour Coding

RHS Colour Chart 1966 Flowers: inside perianth: Red-Purple 58Aoutside perianth: Red-Purple 65 at top darkening toward base toRed-Purple 63D Leaves: Green Group 137A

Propagation

Cuttings from semi-firm new growth

Applicant Name

N Peate, Plant Growers Australia, Victoria.

Uses

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

Availability

Kuranga Nursery

ANBG Accession Numbers

ACC344, ACRA110/288, CBG8406530/8801147

NSL ID

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