Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

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Description: Hardenbergia violacea 'Happy Wanderer', Taken: 11 December 2018, [HERBARIUM SPECIMEN] ACRA NO: Acc 185 Copyright : Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR) holds copyright
Photographer: Palmer, R.

Hardenbergia violacea 'Happy Wanderer'

File Number

185

ACRA Field Book Number

92

Registration Date

20/03/1981

Application Received

16/06/1978

Family

Fabaceae

Cultivar Name

Hardenbergia violacea 'Happy Wanderer'

Origin

Hardenbergia 'Happy Wanderer' is a selected form of Hardenbergia violacea which has very vigorous climbing habit.

Characteristics

Leaves are lanceolate in shape and plus/minus 8cm long when mature. They are a glossy green in colour. Leaves tend to be sparser with longer than normal internodal distances. The flowers are 10mm wide and are a rich violet-mauve in colour. They are borne profusely in racemes 9cm long that arise from the leaf axils. Flowers are said to be found from June to early spring.

Cultivation

This cultivar is a useful plant for use on pergolas, trellisses or fences.

Publication

TASC Shrub of the Year, "Your Garden", March 1978; Hort Journal Australia Sept 2019 Vol 12, Issue 3, Page 41

Colour Coding

RHS Colour Chart 1966.Flowers: standard and keel: violet 86D, eye of standard: yellow green 144C.

Propagation

Cuttings from semi-firm new growth

Applicant Name

ANBG, Canberra.

Uses

Climber/groundcover suitable for mass planting or mixed in a shrubbery, or as a spectacular feature plant, Also very useful for large display pots.

Availability

Specialist native plant nurseries

ANBG Accession Numbers

ACC185, ACRA092, CBG7811625/8110938

NSL ID

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