Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

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Description: Grevillea banksii 'Pink Surprise', Taken: 10 January 2019, [HERBARIUM SPECIMEN] ACRA NO: Acc 101 Copyright : Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR) holds copyright
Photographer: Palmer, R.

Grevillea 'Pink Surprise'

File Number

101

ACRA Field Book Number

-

Registration Date

17/05/1977

Application Received

08/09/1976

Family

Proteaceae

Cultivar Name

Grevillea 'Pink Surprise'

Origin

Grevillea 'Pink Surprise' is a spontaneous hybrid between a Grevillea sp. from Mundubbera (cream flowered), as described in leaflet Q75/A9 of "A Horticultural Guide to Australian Plants" published by the Queensland Region of the Society for Growing Australian Plants, and G. banksii (red flowered). The original seedling occurred in the garden of Mrs. W.M. Bristow of Sherwood, Queensland,and was given to Mr. R.Baily of Indooroopilly, Queensland, who submitted the cultivar for registration. Correction to origin provided in Australian Plants Vol 10(77) 25.

Characteristics

Leaves are compound and shiny green on the upper surface. Each leaf consists of + 20 long narrow lobes, occasionally these being subdivided into two. Some lobes end in a small hooked point, others in a straight point. The overall length of a leaf is + 30cm and the width + 10cm. Individual lobes are about 10cm long and 2-4mm wide. The leaf edges are rolled under. Flowers are pink with long cream to very pale green styles. Flowers are about 15cm long and approximately 5cm wideand produced in dense terminal racemes. Individual flowers are borne in tight pairs and are woolly. Perianth tube and limb together measure about 1.3cm long, styles are up to 3.5 cm long. Diagnosis: G. 'Pink Surprise' can be distinguished from its parents by its pink flower colour

Cultivation

Suitable for most soil types. Best in a sunny site but will tolerate some shade. Responds well to pruning.

Publication

Australian Cultivar Registration Authority (1977), Wildflowers in horticulture. Australian Plants 9(73): 203

Colour Coding

COLOUR CODING: Flowers: Inner perianth tube: between red-purple group 58B&C Outer perianth tube : near red purple group 63D Limb : Near orange group 24B Style : yellow-green group 150D

Propagation

Cuttings from semi-firm new growth

Applicant Name

R.Baily

Uses

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

Availability

Windyridge Nursery

ANBG Accession Numbers

-

NSL ID

-