Grevillea 'Lawson Queen'
Open shrub, 1m (h) x 1m (w)
Flowers:
Deep pink
Foliage colour:
Dark Green
Comparators:
Grevillea sericea, G. oleoides
Reasons for distinctiveness:
Thought to be a Grevillea sericea hybrid,
possibly with G. oleoides which also occurs in the area. The differences
are in the deepness of the pink in the flower colour and the leaf
characteristics. The very best-coloured G. sericea comes nowhere near it.
The leaves are much wider than G. sericea. The leaf is a much darker green
than G. sericea. Grevillea sericea can be quite variable in leaf, and for a
while it was thought it could possibly be a new species however it does not
set seed suggesting it may be sterile hybrid.
It has been in the applicant's garden since it was first collected.
Grevillea 'Yellow Devil'
Habit/description: Groundcover Size: 0.1m H x 1-1.5m W Flower colour:Pale yellow Flower size: ca. 35mm; conflorescence 78mm Flowering time:Aug-Nov Frost hardiness: High In cultivation since: 2004
Where has it been tested? Stawell Victoria
Distinguished from G. 'Thorny Devil' by its pale
yellow flowers and slightly smaller leaves
Grevillea 'Yellow Devil'
Habit/description: Groundcover Size: 0.1m H x 1-1.5m W Flower colour:Pale yellow Flower size: ca. 35mm; conflorescence 78mm Flowering time:Aug-Nov Frost hardiness: High In cultivation since: 2004
Where has it been tested? Stawell Victoria
Distinguished from G. 'Thorny Devil' by its pale
yellow flowers and slightly smaller leaves
Citrus australasica 'Byron Sunrise'
Very narrow upright tall shrub or small tree to a maximum of 2
metres high by 600mm wide. Delicate small rounded leaves. Flowers white
(with pink buds) approximately 10-15mm in diameter in October. Fruit a
cylindrical berry, 40-80 mms long, 15-25mm in diameter, mottled green/brown
to black when fully ripe with clean smooth skin. Flesh is tangerine/red.
Note:
the flesh/vescicles becomes darker when exposed to air for several
hours.
Diagnosis:
C . ‘Byron Sunrise’is a medium sized selection with a clean
smooth skin and a distinctive tangerine/red coloured flesh.
Grevillea 'Thorny Devil'
Groundcover
Size: 0.2m H x 1-2m W Flower colour:Orange Flower size: 35mm; conflorescence 100mm
Flowering time: Jul-Nov
Distinguished from G. nana ssp nana by its smaller
leaves with more numerous closely aligned pinnae and its pinky orange
flowers. Distinguished from G. tenuiloba by its coarser leaves, denser
prostrate habit and pink-orange flowers
Comparators:
G. nana ssp nana, G. tenuiloba
Habit/description:
Frost hardiness:
High
In cultivation since:
1996
Where has it been tested? Victoria and NSW
Xerochrysum bracteatum 'Princess of Wales'
This cultivar grows into a compact, dense shrub 0.6m tall by
0.6m wide. The leaves are mostly glabrous though the midrib is covered with
a fine mantle of silky hairs. Some scattered silky hairs occur also along
the leaf margins. The younger stems are covered in a dense coat of similar
silky hairs which diminish as the stems become older. The leaves average
between 5 and 9cm in length. The flower heads average 5 to 1.5cm long while
the rays of the inner bracts average 1 to 1.5cm long. Both are a rich gold
in colour. The stigmas are orange colour when they emerge. The flowers are
on long stems that emerge well above the foliage. The flowering season in
Canberra is from October to April but occasional flowers may be found all
year round. The flowering period should not be markedly different in other
parts of Australia.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar may be distinguished from the presumed parent
forms by the following features. The cultivar has the perennial habit of
Xerochrysum 'Dargan Hill Monarch' but lacks the greyish appearance provided
by the fine silky hairs. This perennial habit differs from the annual habit
of the other presumed parent form. The main distinguishing characteristic
is in the cultivar's flowering habit. As flowers die the stem withers and
the whole flower stem and dead flowerheads disappear into the lower foliage
of the plant. At the same time new growth emerges from lower on the plant
and extends above the foliage again. These new stems then bear new
inflorescences. The cultivar is also very free flowering.
Other notes:
The free flowering habit together with the growth habit of
"hiding" the spent flower heads make this a very desirable plant for
cultivation. The cultivar is named in honour of her Royal Highness the
Princess of Wales on the occasion of her visit to the Australian National
Botanic Gardens on 7 November 1985. The cultivar is frost hardy and
moderately drought hardy. The cultivar must be propagated by vegetative
means to preserve the cultivar form.
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.