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Cestrum 'Newellii'
at the Atlanta
Botanical Gardens, blooming nicely in July 2003. The bay-like, very dark
leaves and dark purple stems are of wonderful substance and character.
The thick, waxy red inflorescences are quite different for a bedding
plant as this was and is used elsewhere. It is really a tropical shrub
and can be grown (among other species of the genus) in USDA zones 9-10
as a woody landscape plant. One is more apt to run into the genus for
the first time in a large conservatory planting where various taxa are
cultivated to floral perfection. The particular cultivar has been
around since 1876 but is truly a new plant for most of us.
Birds and insects
of various types are attracted to the flowers and often to any fruits
that develop. Most are fragrant too.
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LCH |
fc:
dark crimson red
frc: red
fd: very large
or: Hammer. it is related to C. 'Newellii' and probably an
improved clone of it.
ha:
compact, shrub
fc: purple
ft: tubular corolla
in: Kartuz Greenhouses (online catalog 2002)
| Cestrum
x cultorum 'Cretan Purple' |
fc:
presumably purple
or: probably a hybrid with C. parqui
| Cestrum
elegans 'Longiflorum' (var. longiflorum Francey) |
fd: at
least 1.0 in. long - species averages 0.75 in.
| Cestrum
elegans 'Smithii' (var. smithii Bailey) |
fc:
pink
| Cestrum
'Golden Night' (C. noctorum x C. diurnum) |
fc:
light buds open yellow to bronzy-gold
| Cestrum
'Goldspire' (C. aurantiacum x C. nocturnum?) |
fc:
golden yellow (much like C. aurantiacum)
ff: rich scent as C. nocturnum
| Cestrum
'Moon Glow' (C. parqui x C. aurantiacum) |
fc:
lemon yellow
bt: long bloom season - all year indoors
ff: rich scent
frc: black
lc: dark green
or: Kartuz Greenhouses before 2001
| Cestrum
'Newellii' (probably C. elegans x ?) |
ht: 3m
tall
fc: bright crimson or orange-red - superior to C. elegans
lc: dull green
ls: lanceolate
frc: purple
or: Mr. Newell of Downham Market, Norfolk, England before 1880.
Parentage unknown.
aw: RHS FCC 1876, AM 1951, AGM 1993
| Cestrum
roseum 'Ilnacullin' |
fc:
pink
ns: may be the same as C. elegans 'Smithii'. They are said to be
similar at least.
ns: a
listed name from the RHS HORTICULTURAL DATABASE 2002.
| Cestrum
violaceum 'Woodside White' = Lochroma cyaneum |