Boronia megastigma 'Heaven Scent'
This cultivar grows to a height of .5m by .3m wide. It has a
compact and symmetrical shape and the shrub is very dense. The flowering
period is from September to October. The colour of the flowers does not
differ from those of the usual form.
Diagnosis:
The diagnosis is prepared comparing the cultivar against the most common, or "normal" form of the species.
B. megastigma
B. 'Heaven Scent'
1.5-2m x 1m; open
.5m x .3m; compact
multi-branched shrub
multi-branched shrub
flowers ca. 8-9mm diameter
flowers ca. 5mm diameter
considerable leaf drop after flowering.
less leaf drop after flowering.
The cultivar is more resistant to Boronia rust disease, is more floriferous
and the flowers are held on the plant for a longer period of time. The last
factor extends the flowering season by some weeks.
Xerochrysum bracteatum 'NN-B9892'
Small multi-branching, upright, herbaceous, perennial shrub with yellow everlasting daisy flowers.
Xerochrysum bracteatum 'NN-B9821A'
Small bushy shrub with pinkish yellow everlasting daisy flowers
Boronia heterophylla 'Cameo'
Moderately dense upright shrub, growing to about 2m tall by 1.5m wide. The foliage is a very dark green. The flowers occur in mid spring and have white petals with pale pink stripes and are fragrant.
Boronia heterophylla 'Cascade'
This cultivar is a moderately dense upright shrub, growing to about 2m tall by 1.5m wide. The foliage is a very dark green. The flowers occur in mid spring (late October to early November in Sydney), are pale pink in colour.
Anigozanthos 'Red Cross'
This cultivar is a vigorous plant with flowering scapes to
1.6m tall. The flowering stems are multi-branched, thin and tend to spread
as broad as they are high. Up to 7600 individual flowers have been recorded
for a mature plant of the cultivar, and they are a rich burgundy in colour.
This colour is produced by the dense covering of plumose hairs on the
flowers and much of the flowering stem, fading in colour and intensity as
they reach lower down the stem. The flowers have a bright yellow green
patch of colour near the pedicel. Individual flowers are up to 30cm long by
ca. 8mm wide at the widest point of the corolla. The corolla tube is
terminated by six perianth lobes which taper to a point. These lobes are
reflexed when the flower is fully opened. Inside the perianth segments are
yellow green as are the stamens. The stamens are more or less as long as
the perianth tube. Leaf like bracts occur frequently on the flowering stem
and regularly reach 30cm long. The foliage is also vigorous with leaves
from 36 to 60cm long by 10 to 40mm wide.
Diagnosis:
Anigozanthos 'Red Cross' shows the vigour and longevity of A.
flavidus. The flowers have the rich colouring of A. rufus. The cultivar is
larger than the maternal parent but does not reach the proportions of a
well-grown plant of A. flavidus. The anthers are yellow green as are those
of all the A. flavidus hybrids, the orange anthers of A. flavidus being
recessive.There are two other cultivars that arise from this cross,
Anigozanthos 'Harmony' and Anigozanthos 'Unity'. The quickest and easiest
distinguishing feature is that Anigozanthos 'Red Cross' has a very distinct
yellow patch at the base of the flower. Anigozanthos 'Velvet Harmony' is a
much deeper colour while Anigozanthos 'Unity' has larger flowers, to 40mm
long as compared to 30mm for A. 'Red Cross'.
Anigozanthos 'Dwarf Delight'
This cultivar is a compact plant with much branched flower
stems to .8m tall. The flowering stems are covered with plumose hairs.
These hairs are sparsely scattered at the base of the stem and around the
leaf-like bracts on the stem. The hairs are reddish in colour. The perianth
segments of the flower are green-yellow but appear apricot when seen
through the reddish hairs. These two colours contrast well. The leaves are
up to 25cm long by 1cm wide.
Diagnosis:
Anigozanthos 'Dwarf delight', which grows to 0.8m tall, is
midway in height between the ca. 0.3m of A. onycis and ca. 2m of A.
flavidus. The flowering stems of the cultivar are sparsely covered with
plumose hairs for much of their length, becoming dense towards the
individual flowers. The flowering stems of the cultivar are sparsely
covered with plumose hairs for much of their length, becoming dense towards
the individual flowers. A. onycis, is covered in dense, plumose hairs for
the full length of the flower spike while A. flavidus has them only on the
perianth segments of the flower and for a short distance below on the stem.
The majority of the stem in this species is glabrous. The leaf-like bracts
on the stem are the size of A. onycis. The flowers are intermediate in size
between those of the two parents.
Anigozanthos 'Mini Red'
It is a perennial rosetted herb growing to a height of
approximately 600mm. The leaves are green, long and narrow being about
300mm long and about 8mm wide. The flowers are produced in compact,
branched terminal clusters. Individual flowers are red and about 35-40mm in
length.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different from other known forms of
Anigozanthos flavidus in its small, compact habit and dense flower
clusters.