Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

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Description: Chamelaucium uncinatum 'Bundara Supreme White', Taken: 17 December 2018, [HERBARIUM SPECIMEN] ACRA NO: Acc 136 Copyright : Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR) holds copyright
Photographer: Palmer, R.

Chamelaucium uncinatum 'Bundara Supreme White'

File Number

136

ACRA Field Book Number

75

Registration Date

19/03/1981

Application Received

02/09/1977

Family

Myrtaceae

Cultivar Name

Chamelaucium uncinatum 'Bundara Supreme White'

Origin

ORIGIN:Chamelaucium 'Bundara Supreme White' was the result of a manipulatedcross between two plants of C. uncinatum. The female parent was a whiteform of the species and the male parent was a seedling raised from thiswhite flowered form. The cross was performed by Mr D Gust of BundaraNursery, Crows Nest, Queensland and was done with intention of raising aprolifically flowering plant for the cut flower market.The applicant was MrD Gust of Bundara Nursery, Crows Nest, Queensland.Cultivar fist received bythe Authority 2 September 1977.

Characteristics

The habit of this cultivar is similar to the normal Chamelaucium uncinatum. The flowers are pure white in colour. Diagnosis: This shrub has leaves and flowers slightly smaller than the normal form of Chamelaucium uncinatum. The shrub is very dense and the flowers are borne on the branch terminals. The original shrub was bred with the cut flower market in mind. In the first year 2.2kg of blooms were cut and in the second year 6.8kg were cut from the plant. This crop rate was recorded at Bundara Nursery. The cultivar differs from other white forms of C. uncinatum in that it produces a heavier crop of flowers.

Cultivation

Tolerates a wide range of growing conditions and soil types as long as they are well drained. Widely grown in suitable conditions throughout Australia. Drought tolerance good, frost tolerant if given some protection, light frosts are known to damage flowers and young growth.

Publication

Australian Cultivar Registration Authority (1982), Australian Plant Cultivars. Australian Plants 11(91): 322

Colour Coding

RHS Colour Chart 1966.petals: white 155B.

Propagation

Cuttings from semi-firm new growth

Applicant Name

D Gust

Uses

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

Availability

Unknown

ANBG Accession Numbers

ACC136, ACRA75, CBG7708979

NSL ID

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