Correa reflexa var. speciosa 'Carmen'
Plant size: 400mm (h) x 300mm (w) Flowers: Deep red (carmine with yellow tip) Flower size: 38mm long x 15mm diameter Flowering time: April-July Form: Moderately dense
Correa reflexa var. speciosa 'Carmen' has similar flower to C. 'Red Empress' which come from the Brisbane Ranges but the flower is larger and more tapered. Its leaves are light green heart shaped 26mm x 17mm recurved edges. It is the size and shape of the flower that distinguishes it from all others. Anthers just exserted, calyx is semi spherical. Frost hardiness: Medium
Grevillea 'Poorinda Beauty'
This plant will grow to a height of about 2m, however a
tendency to produce long straggly branches has been noted. Leaves are
smooth and grey-green on upper surface being very densely covered in silky
hairs on the underside. Stems are covered wtih silky hairs. Each leaf is
about 1.5cm long by about 3mm wide and pungent.
Diagnosis:
Flowers, red grading to yellow towards the limb, borne in very
dense clusters. Individual flowers are 1cm long, styles deep pink, are
between 1.8 - 2cm long. The flowers are said to be sterile. This cultivar
can be distinguished from its parents in that the flower clusters are more
dense than either of its parents, and these clusters tend to be more spread
out along the branches.
G.'Poorinda Beauty' is of the same cross as G. 'Poorinda Splendour' and G.
'Poorinda Wonder', however it is not known whether the same forms of the
respective species were used. This cultivar differs from both G. 'Poorinda
Splendour' and G. 'Poorinda Wonder' in leaf size. Leaves of this cultivar
are about 1.5cm long compared with 2 - 3cm leaves for both G. 'Poorinda
Splendour' and G. 'Poorinda Wonder'. Flower colour is only different in
that the colour of the perianth tube is a clear bright yellow compared to
the duller colour of both G.'Poorinda Splendour' and G. 'Poorinda Wonder'.
Grevillea 'Electric Velvet'
Open shrub, 1.5 m (h) x 1.2 m (w)
Flowers:
Terminal pendulous bottle brush type flowers ca 35–40mm in
diameter x 80–100mm long from Jun–Jan
Foliage colour:
Linear terete, much divided grey-green
Comparators:
Grevillea oligomera, G. magnifica
Reasons for distinctiveness:
Grevillea 'Electric Velvet' differs from G.
oligomera in its more open, spreading habit with grey-green, mostly divided
leaves, and in its large bottlebrush blue-grey and pink flowers being held
on arching to cascading leafless branches just beyond the foliage. It
differs from Grevillea magnifica in its far smaller and spreading habit,
and in its flowers being held in an arching to pendulous habit just beyond
the foliage.
Grevillea 'Wendy Sunshine'
Habit/description: A grey-green, low-growing, dense, shrub
Size: 0.3-0.5 m H x 1-1.5m W Flower colour: Pink-red Flower size: 46mm; confloresence 170mm
Flowering time: Jul-Jan Frost hardiness: High
In cultivation since: 2003
Where has it been tested? Melbourne, Sydney
Distinguished from G bipinnatifida by its fine
divided foliage and its pink/red hairy flowers on long stems beyond the
foliage. Distinguished from G. thyrsoides by its larger, coarser and
greener leaves and its larger flowers.
Comparators:
G bipinnatifida, G. thyrsoides
Boronia 'Tyalge Ruby'
Small shrub. Leaves strongly fragrant (citronella), 7-11
lobed, to 2.5cm long. Leaflets 8 - 10 mm long, oil glands on upper surface,
small hairs (sparse) on margins. Flowers usually 4 petals, 4 stamens and 4
carpels but occasionally 5 petals, 9 stamens and 5 carpels.
Diagnosis:
Boronia 'Tyalge Ruby' differs from B. muellerii by having
smaller but strongly fragrant leaves, like B. citriodora. It differs from
B. pilosa in having fragrant leaves. It has smaller leaves than B.
citriodora and B. pinnata. It has larger leaves than B. citrata and B.
'Sunset Serenade' but is also more fragrant than the latter.
Correa reflexa var. reflexa 'Lemon and Lime'
Note:
Received as Correa 'Wilson's Promontory Lime and Gold'
Low growing shrub to ca. 60 cm x 2 m with a dense habit.
Branchlets highly tomentose with rust coloured stellate hairs becoming
brown and glabrous with age. Simple cordate leaves, 30 mm x 24 nun, shortly
petiolate. Leaf apices obtuse, leaf bases cordate, venation reticulate,
entire margins with rust-coloured stellate hairs. Upper surfaces of mature
leaves dark green and scabridulous with scattered white stellate hairs
becoming more concentrated at margins. Upper surfaces of young leaves
densely tomentose with rust-coloured stellate hairs. Young growth may have
pink tinge. Lower surfaces of leaves densely tomentose with white stellate
hairs and scattered rust-coloured stellate hairs becoming more concentrated
on the veins and margins. Foliaceous bracts strongly reflexed to enclose
flower. Peduncles axillary, slender, terminating in a pair of foliaceous
bracts clasping the flower. Calyx hemispherical, 4 mm high, fawn coloured
with scattered rust-coloured stellate hairs. Corolla obconical 32 mm x 12
mm, lemon with lime green tips covered with fine tomentum of white-coloured
stellate hairs becoming rusty at tips. Anthers shortly exerted, narrow
oblong and obtuse. Peak flowering is from March to July in most districts.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar conforms to descriptions for C. reflexa var.
reflexa found naturally in the Gippsland area but is distinctive by its
unique flower colour. The usual green form of C. reflexa is uniformly
coloured from calyx to tip.
Chrysocephalum baxteri 'Midget'
Leafy, compact, low shrub, 15cm high by 30cm wide, with very
small white everlasting flowerheads with yellow discs. As the shrub matures
it develops woody basal stems. Leaves 1.5-4mm long by 0.75mm wide,
alternate, sessile, recurved, apex obtuse. Upper surfaces of leaves
glabrous, lower surface tomentose, flowering stem 5-7cm long, flowerhead
10-15mm across. The rays are fringed. Flowerheads are solitary and
terminal. Flowering period is spring followed by a brief second period of
blooms in January when flowerheads are smaller. Outer involucral bracts are
tan in colour.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar has all the characteristics of the usual forms of
C. baxteri but is distinguished by the diminutive size of all the
characters of the plant - leaves, rays, flowerhead and fruit.
Grevillea 'Poorinda Silver Sheen'
It is an upright shrub growing to a height of 2-3m with a
spread of about 2m. The leaves are deeply lobed and about 90mm long by
about 30mm wide. Individual lobes which end in a small point are about 4mm
wide. The upper surface has fine grey hairs which give a silvery sheen,
while the underside is grey being coverd with dense silky hairs. The
flowers are of the "toohbrush" type and are borne in the leaf axils,. The
deep red perianths are 5mm long while the prominent light orange styles are
25 mm long.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar differs from its stated parent in leaf shape and
size and colour of style.The leaves are shorter, about 90mm long , compared
with about 130mm for Grevillea hookeriana.The styles are light orange in
colour compared with red for Grevillea hookeriana. Grevillea 'Poorinda
Blondie' is also a seedling selection from Grevillea hookeriana. Grevillea
'Poorinda Silver Sheen' differs from Grevillea 'Poorinda Blondie' in flower
and style colour. Grevillea 'Poorinda Silver Sheen' has deep red perianths
compared with maroon for Grevillea 'Poorinda Blondie'. The styles vary in
colour from pale orange for this cultivar compared with yellow for
Grevillea 'Poorinda Blondie'. Grevillea 'Poorinda Gemini' is another
seedling selection from Grevillea hookeriana. It differs from Grevillea
'Poorinda Silver Sheen' in size of plant and style colour. This cultivar
grows to a height of up to 3m compared to height of only 1m for Grevillea
'Poorinda Gemini' and it has pale orange styles compared with pink for
Grevillea 'Poorinda Gemini'.
Grevillea 'Poorinda Diadem'
It is an upright shrub reaching a height of 2-3m. The entire
leaves are about 30mm long, about 8mm wide and end in a fine point. The
upper leaf surface is shiny green while the underside is grey being covered
with short silky hairs. The flowers are formed into clusters and are borne
in the leaf axils. The perianths are buff-apricot in colour and up to 18mm
long. The yellow styles are 24mm long.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different from Grevillea 'Poorinda Leane' in
size of plant, leaf size and flower colour. Grevillea 'Poorinda Diadem' is
not as tall nor does it spread as wide as Grevillea 'Poorinda Leane'. The
leaves are shorter but wider, about 30mm long by 8mm wide compared with
40mm long by 4mm wide. The flower colour is less orange and the styles are
yellow compared with red for Grevillea 'Poorinda Leane'.
Westringia 'Wynyabbie Gem'
This cultivar is a medium dense shrub growing to 1.5m tall by
1.5 m high. The leaves are narrow-lanceolate to 20mm long by 3mm wide and
greyish-green in colour. They are moderately dense along the branches and
found in whorls of four. The branchlets are covered in closely appressed
white hairs which becomes slightly fewer as the branchlets ages. The nodes
are tufts of white hairs. The flowers are a light lilac-mauve to blue-mauve
and are in small axillary groups in the upper leaf axils. They are borne
prolifically in the spring but some occur all year round.
Diagnosis:
W. fruticosa:
1-2m tall x 3-4m wide. Leaves: narrow lanceolate to linear,
10-25mm long x 2-5mm wide, grey-green, glabrous on upper surface,
hoary-tomentose on under surface, margins recurved or revolute, crowded on
stem, usually in whorls of four, leathery. Flowers:
corolla 14mm long,
calyx hoary-tomentose,white to pale mauve with orange spots, flowers most
of the year.
W.'Wynyabbie Gem':
1.5m tall x 1.5 m wide. Leaves: Narrow lanceolate,
10-20mm x up to 3mm, grey-green, very scattered hairs on upper surface,
hoary-tomentose on under surface, margins slightly recurved, moderately
crowded on stem usually in whorls of four, leathery. Flowers:
Corolla 10mm
long, calyx moderately hairy and sharply pointed, blue-mauve with
browny-orange spots, flowers in spring but occasionally over most of the
year.
W. eremicola:
1-2m tall x 1.5m wide. Leaves: linear to narrow linear,
5-25mm x 1-2mm.grey-green, margins revolute, not crowded on stem, mostly in
whorls of three. Flowers:
corolla 5-6mm long, calyx with scattered hairs,
pale lilac with brownish spots, flowers mainly from September to December.
Westringia 'Wynyabbie Gem' is a more open and erect shrub than W.
fruticosa. The cultivar is denser than W. eremicola.