Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

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Correa 'Redex'

File Number

1338

ACRA Field Book Number

1338

Registration Date

30/11/2010

Application Received

19/03/2010

Family

Rutaceae

Cultivar Name

Correa 'Redex'

Origin

Kangaroo Island SA. Thought to be a natural hybrid of Correa reflexa and C. decumbens although there is a suggestion that C. backhouseana var. orbicularis may be another parent. The name derives as an adaptation of the names of the presumed parent species. Also sold by members of the Australian Native Plant Society as C. ‘Dancing Lipsticks’.

Characteristics

C. ‘Redex’ is a narrow, upright shrub which has very distinctly different form and foliage from either presumed parent species. Leaves are ovate, dark green and appear to be glabrous. C. reflexa is generally an open spreading shrub to >2m with pale green and hairy leaves and C. decumbens usually prostrate or procumbent with pale green glabrous leaves. C. ‘Redex’ has a long flowering season from late winter through to early autumn depending on the district and climatic conditions while C. decumbens is summer flowering and C. reflexa generally flowers during winter and spring. Habit/description: A moderately dense, small upright shrub Size: 1m (h) x 0.8m (w) Flower colour: Pink/red and yellowLeaves:Glossy, olive green Flower size: Up to 30mm long x 6mm in diameter Flowering time: August-March Frost hardiness: High Years in cultivation: Introduced June 2001 Has the cultivar been tested? Widely tested as a garden plant in Victoria and New South Wales and in pot cultivation since introduction. Note: Although an application by the Australian Native Plant Society, Correa Study Group to register this cultivar as C. ‘Dancing Lipsticks’ was received in 1999, it clearly stated that the name C. ‘Redex’ was already in use for this entity. The ACRA Committee has therefore approved registration for C. ‘Redex’ rather than C. ‘Dancing Lipsticks’, given the former name’s earlier publication in the Australian Plants Journal (Payne, W.H., (1997), New Cultivars, Australian Plants 19(153):202). This decision was based on Principle 3 of the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (8th edition, October 2009) which states: “The naming of taxa governed by this Code is based upon priority of publication. Each cultivar of Group with a particular circumscription... may bear only one accepted name” .

Cultivation

Hardy, reliable and adaptable cultivar which flowers prolifically, growing well in most soils. Best in a sunny site but will tolerate some shade. It responds well to heavy pruning and is drought tolerant and frost hardy.

Publication

Payne, W.H. (1997), New Cultivars. Australian Plants 19(153): 202

Colour Coding

Colour Coding RHS Colour Chart 1995 Leaves:139A;Flowers: Top of corolla 63A; Base of corolla: 162A

Propagation

Cuttings from semi-firm new growth

Applicant Name

Rod & Robyn Parsons

Uses

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

Availability

Widely available, Kuranga nursery

ANBG Accession Numbers

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NSL ID

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