Correa 'Bett's Red'
It is a large open shrub growing to a height of about 1.5m by
about 2m wide. The leaves are up to 20mm long by about 10mm wide. The upper
surface is rough to the touch while the underside is rusty to light green
in colour and covered with matted woolly hairs. The younger stems are also
rough. The deep pink flowers are tubular and 35mm long. The colour is
slightly paler at the tips. The tips of the floral tube are partially
reflexed. The style and stamens protrude about 5mm beyond the rim of the
floral tube. It is reported to flower freely from March to October.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different from its assumed parents in size of
plant, flower colour and roughness of leaves, stems and flowers. Correa
'Bett's Red', growing to a height of about 1.5m, is larger than Correa
'Mannii' which usually grows up to 500mm. Correa'Bett's Red' has darker
pink flowers than Correa 'Mannii' and the roughness of the leaves, stems
and flowers of Correa 'Bett's Red' is much greater that shown by Correa
'Mannii'. Correa 'Bett's Red' is different from Correa reflexa in flower
colour and shape of the floral tube. Correa 'Bett's Red' has deep pink
flowers compared with red and/or green for Correa reflexa. The floral tube
also does not reflex to the same extent usually seen in Correa reflexa.
Correa reflexa var. speciosa 'Fat Fred'
This cultivar is a very large flowered form of the species.
The flowers are quite squat, measuring plus/minus 30mm overall by
plus/minus 13mm in diameter. The upper part of the corolla tube is red
while the tips are a clear green yellow. All other characteristics of the
cultivar fit within the known range of variation of C. reflexa var.
speciosa.
Diagnosis:
The cultivar can be distinguished by its very large flowers.
Correa 'Betty Fawcett'
The cultivar is a medium dense shrub that grows to 1.0m x 2m.
The foliage is dark green. The flowers are pink and yellow to 25mm long by
8mm wide. It flowers in Autumn and Spring.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is very similar to Correa 'Marian's Marvel'. The
flowers are very similar though Correa 'Marion's Marvel' has more area of
yellow at the base of the bell. The foliage also differs somewhat, with the
leaves of Correa 'Betty Fawcett' having deep indentations where the leaves
occur on the leaf blade.
Correa 'Marian's Marvel'
This cultivar is an open shrub from 1-2m tall by up to 3m
across. The stems are long and spreading and ascendant at the ends. Older
stems are glabrous though younger stems are densely covered in pale to dark
brown stellate hairs. The leaves are cordate with simple margins, an obtuse
apex and up to 3cm long by 2cm wide. They are glabrous and shiny above and
densely covered in pale to dark brown stellate hairs. The leaves are
cordate with simple margins, an obtuse apex and up to 3cm long by 2cm wide.
They are glabrous and shiny above and densely covered with pale to rusty
stellate hairs on the underside. The flowers are tubular, up to 3cm long by
1cm wide and found from March to September. These are found in groups of
one to three per axil, are pink with creamy green tips and covered with
fine stellate hairs. The calyx lobes are not reflexed and the stamens are
exserted.
Diagnosis:
1-2m, up to 3m. Leaves cordate; 3cm long, 2cm wide, glabrous
above, rusty hairy below. Flowers tubular, 3cm long, slightly reflexed,
pink/creamy green.
Correa 'Dusky Bells'
Note:
Originally Correa 'Pink Bells'
Correa 'Dusky Bells' is an extremely compact and very dense
shrub, rarely exceeding 0.6m in height. In more sheltered situations plants
may grow marginally taller. Plants can spread form 2 to 4m across. Leaves
vary considerably in size, from 10 to 40mm long by 5 to 20mm in width. They
are elliptic to lanceolate or ovate in shape. The leaf apex is usually
obtuse but can be emarginate. They are a dull green above and lighter green
below. Both surfaces of the leaves have white stellate hairs when young but
these hairs are practically absent on the upper surface of the older
leaves. The uppermost part of the stems and branchlets are covered in brown
stellate hairs. The tubular flowers are solitary and axillary. The exterior
of the corolla is a pale carmine pink. The corolla is from 25 to 40mm in
length. The outer surface of the corolla is densely covered in stellate
hairs while the inner surface is free of hairs. The flowering period is
from March to September though occasional flowers may be found at other
times of the year.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is easily distinguished by its dense compact
habit, the distinctive foliage and the colour of its flowers.
Notes:
(1) From information provided by the applicant. (2) Boddy's Nursery
Catalogue 1967 p. 53.
Correa 'Mannii'
This cultivar is a small to medium shrub which grows from
between 0.6m to 1.5m tall (but when scrambling up through other shrubs has
been known to attain a height of 2.5m) and from 2 to 3m across. It is a
much branched open shrub with long arching branches and with long internode
spaces, but is more compact in an open situation. The leaves are dark green
and glabrous on the upper surface and paler green and almost glabrous on
the lower surface. The leaf shape is cordate with an obtuse apex and they
vary considerably in size. The larger leaves are up to 3cm long by 2cm
wide. The flowers are tubular and up to 4cm long by 1cm across. The flowers
are a vivid red on the exterior and a paler pink inside. The perianth has
reflexed tips. The flowering season varies from spring, autumn to winter
and autumn to summer. The main flowering season in Canberra is the cooler
months, especially from April to July. In Melbourne it occurs from April to
August. Flowering often continues intermittently between the main bursts.
Diagnosis:
The cultivar differs markedly from the purported parents and can
be distinguished by the flower colour alone. Correa 'Mannii' has been
confused in the past with Correa 'Dusky Bells', a hybrid believed to be of
the same parentage, but there is no logical reason for this confusion at
all because the plants are quite different in general morphology, foliage
and flower colour. Correa 'Mannii' has glabrous leaves and strongly
reflexed perianth tips while Correa 'Bett's Red' has scabrous upper surface
of the leaves and partially reflexed perianth lobes. Correa 'Bett's Red'
also has dark pink flowers while Correa 'Mannii' is red.
Correa reflexa var. reflexa 'Icicle'
Low-growing shrub to ca. 40 cm x 30 cm with a dense habit.
Corolla cylindrical 35 mm x 10 mm, cream
with a pale pink flush at the base and a 1cm band of pale green near the
tips.
Peak flowering is from March to June in most districts.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar conforms to descriptions for C. reflexa var.
reflexa found naturally in the Portland area but is distinctive by its
unique flower colour. Two colour forms occur commonly in the Portland area,
bright red with green tips or uniformly green. Other natural variants occur
and 'Icicle' is a colour selection from wild sources. There are very few
cream forms of C. reflexa in the trade, the most common form available
being red with green tips.
Callistemon 'Red Reika'
This cultivar grows to about 4m tall by 3 to 4m wide. The
flowers are red in colour, 150mm long by about 65mm wide. The flowering
period is from October to December.
Diagnosis:
In most respects this cultivar is similar to Callistemon
'Harkness'.
It can be distinguished from Callistemon 'Harkness' by the longer and wider
inflorescences and by the flower colour, which is a deeper red.
Other notes:
The cultivar has proven drought tolerant and frost hardy.
Propagation must be by vegetative means to preserve the cultivar form.
Callistemon 'Glasshouse Country'
This cultivar grows to 3-5m tall by 1.5m wide. The growth
habit is very upright. The trunk is covered in a soft fissured bark that is
papery underneath. The mature foliage is rather stiff and prickly while the
younger growth is paler and is covered with silky hairs. The young foliage
is one of the features of this plant. The flower spikes are from 50-55mm
long with some spring inflorescences reaching 70mm long by 40mm wide. The
flowers are produced in the spring and autumn with occasional flowers
during the summer. The anthers are a light gold in colour and the filaments
are a deep pink.
Diagnosis:
This plant closely resembles C. salignus in most respects and it
is difficult to distinguish it. The hybrid origin of the cultivar has been
established only because the original seedlings were raised from seed taken
from a plant of Callistemon sp. (Tinaroo). The leaves are slightly smaller
than is usual for C. salignus, being up to 60mm long although often
smaller. The ultimate height is also less. The bark is soft but fissured on
the outside with papery bark underneath as compared to the papery bark of
C. salignus. Otherwise, the general appearance is as for C. salignus. A
similar cultivar form the same hybrid cross, Callistemon 'Glasshouse Gem'
can be distinguished by its slightly lighter pink flower colour and its
deep pink new growth.
Seed was originally collected off Callistemon sp.
(Tinaroo) in the mid-1960's. C. salignus occurred naturally in the district
and the resultant seedlings showed distinct characteristics of the latter
species. Seed was collected from the better forms of the hybrid seedlings
and plants were subsequently planted in the applicant's new garden in 1980.
Callistemon 'Glasshouse Country' is the result of one of these seedlings.
Mr WG Trapnell of Save The Trees Nursery in Zillmere examined some of the
seedlings and concluded that Callistemon 'Glasshouse Country' had a good
habit and attractive flower colour. The new growth was also attractive. Mr
Trapnell is growing Callistemon 'Glasshouse Country' for sale through his
nursery outlet.
Callistemon 'Glasshouse Gem'
This cultivar can be expected to reach 3-5m tall by 1.5m wide.
The growth habit is very upright. The trunk is covered in a soft, fissured
grey bark that is papery underneath. Older foliage is rather stiff and
prickly while the younger growth is a deep pink and is covered by silky
hairs. The young foliage is the main feature of this plant. The fower
spikes are ca. 50mm long and are produced in spring and autumn with
occasional flowers during summer.
Diagnosis:
This plant closely resembles C. salignus in most respects and it
is extremely difficult to distinguish it. The hybrid origin is known only
because the original seedlings were raised from seed taken from
Callistemon sp. (Tinaroo). The leaves are slightly smaller than is usual
for C. salignus, being up to 55 mm long though often smaller. The ultimate
height is also smaller, with 3-5m being the maximum height. The bark is
soft and fissured on the outside with papery bark underneath as compared to
the wholly papery bark of C. salignus. The filaments are a dark pink in
colour at anthesis, becoming lighter in colour with age. Otherwise, the
general appearance is very similar to C. salignus.