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.
Hakea 'Kincora'
Hakea 'Kincora' grows into an erect shrub 2 m tall by 2 m
across. Branches have an erect, arching habit. Leaves are linear, 95mm long
by 12mm wide, acuminate. Racemes are globular, approximately 50mm by 50mm
in size, clustered along the stems, and profuse. Styles are creamy white,
perianth are bright pink. Fruit have not been observed. The main flowering
period is from May to July.
Diagnosis:
Hakea 'Kincora' is similar to Hakea 'Burrendong Beauty' but can
be distinguished by its erect habit, and linear leaves.
Prostanthera 'Mauve Mantle'
Low spreading shrub, 1m (h) x 2m (w)
Flowers:
Mauve, 15mm in diameter, from late winter to spring (Melbourne),
late Spring (Canberra) October to November
Foliage colour: Dark green
Comparators:
Prostanthera denticulata
Reasons for distinctiveness: Although the parentage of this cultivar is unknown it does seem to have affinities with Prostanthera denticulata.
Prostanthera 'Mauve Mantle' is a dense prostrate to low growing groundcover with dark green leaves whereas Prostanthera denticulata is a more open, to upright shrub with spreading to erect branches and mid green leaves.
Eremophila 'Summertime Blue'
Large dense intricate shrub, 2m x 3m, flowers lilac with a white throat, 25-30mm, summer
Diagnosis: ntermediate between the two suggested parents.
Comparators:
Eremophila divaricata is a medium intricate shrub with small purple blue flowers while Eremophila polyclada is a large open shrub with white flowers.
Grevillea 'Abracadabra'
Large open shrub, 2.0m (h) x 2.5m (w)
Flowers:
Axillary racemes of bright red and cream flowers from Jul-Jan
Foliage colour:
Bluish Grey-green
Comparators:
Grevillea ‘Merinda Gordon’, G. insignis
Reasons for distinctiveness:
Grevillea ‘Abracadabra’ differs from
Grevillea 'Merinda Gordon' in its larger, blue-green leaves and its larger,
red and cream flowers. It differs from Grevillea insignis in its deeply
lobed leaves which are blue green, and in its flowers which are red and
cream.
Correa 'Vanilla Ice'
Dense, spreading low-growing shrub approximately 50 cm high x
1 m wide, with strongly veined mid green ovate to cordate leaves with
obtuse tips, 32 mm x 20 mm in size, glabrous and somewhat scabrous on top,
pale green and velvety underneath with defined venation. The tubular
corolla is creamy white with a light covering of light tan coloured
stellate hairs at the tips, which are recurved, exposing pale pink on the
inside of the petal tips. Stamens are as long as the petals and barely
exerted. The green papery calyx is square in cross-section with 4
triangular pointed lobes. Petioles and pedicels are 2-3 mm long. Flowers
Summer to Winter with spasmodic flowering all through the year.
Diagnosis:
Thought to be a hybrid between C. alba and C. calycina, C.
‘Vanilla Ice’ differs from both these species in both leaf and flower
colour and form. C. calycina leaves are longer, elliptical and thinner and
the flowers are lime green in colour. The calyx is also larger. C. alba var
alba has grayish obovate leaves and white flowers with strongly recurved
petals split to the unlobed calyx.
Grevillea 'Poorinda Blondie'
It is a large shrub growing to a height of about 4m by 5m
wide. The leaves are long and narrow and very deeply lobed. Each lobe is
pungent. The average number of lobes per leaf on the specimen examined is
14. The leaves are about 120mm long and up to 40mm wide across the lobes.
Occasionally entire leaves are produced. New foliage exhibits an attractive
bronze colour whilst older foliage is dark green on the upper surface and
grey on the underside with a dense covering of silky hairs. The flowers are
of the "toothbrush" type and are borne terminally on short branchlets. The
perianth is about 8mm long and is covered with dense hairs. The prominent
yellow styles are about 20mm long.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different from its stated parent in leaf shape
and colour of styles. Grevillea 'Poorinda Blondie' has wider, about 4mm and
shorter, about 10mm, lobes than Grevillea hookeriana, which had on the
specimen examined, lobes 2mm wide and up to 40mm long. This cultivar has
yellow styles compared with red for Grevillea hookeriana. Grevillea
'Poorinda Blondie' is different from Grevillea 'Poorinda Beulah' in number
of lobes per leaf and colour of styles. This cultivar has an average of 14
lobes per leaf compared with a average of 3 for Grevillea 'Poorinda Beulah'
and has yellow styles compared with pink for Grevillea 'Poorinda Beulah'.
The perianth colour is the same.
Anigozanthos 'Sue Dixon'
The flowering stems reach 75cm tall, slightly woolly towards
the base and becoming more dense towards the top. Flowers are in a simple
terminal raceme, on pedicels up to 12mm long. The dense plumose wool on the
flowers is red on the ovary and pedicel becoming more yellow immediately
above. Perianth tube to ca. 4.5 cm long, scabrous inside, hairs becoming
more linear towards the base, with stellate tips immediately above the
ovary. Lobes to 1.3cm long, plumose woolly inside, the hairs sometime
purple. Anthers linear, slightly longer than filaments, the connective
tipped with a small gland-like appendage. Ovules ca. 6 per locule. The
flowering season is from October to November.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar differs from A. manglesii in having shorter
corolla lobes which are not as reflexed as those in A. manglesii. The
corolla tube is round at the end (flat in A. manglesii and the greenish
yellow anthers (green in A. manglesii) form a part circle (flat in A.
manglesii). The leaves are almost evergreen and similar in colour to A.
flavidus. The cultivar differs from A. rufus in having a broader and longer
corolla tube and bigger lobes. There is less branching on the flower stem
and fewer flowers on the branches. The colour of the flower is two-toned ie
changes at the base of the corolla tube (in A. rufus it is the same right
through to the flower stem). This differs from A. flavidus in having a
shorter flower stem and less branching on the stem. The corolla tube is
broader and slightly longer than in A. flavidus, and the corolla lobes are
reflexed right back. Anthers are greenish yellow (orange in A. flavidus)
and bigger with longer filaments.
Pultenaea pedunculata 'Pyalong Pink'
This cultivar is a colour form of Pultenaea pedunculata. It is
a very dense, prostrate shrub that grows to 2m wide, and is very
floriferous. The flowers are pink, plus/minus 8mm across and appear in
spring. All other details of the cultivar are as for P. pedunculata.
Diagnosis:
Pultenaea 'Pyalong Pink' is readily distinguished from the usual
P. pedunculata by its flower colour. The upper surface of the standard is
pale pink with red striations radiating from the centre, while the under
surface is deep pink. In usual forms of P. pedunculata the flowers are
mainly yellow with a small patch of red around the base of the keel and
standard of the flowers.
Other notes:
Although forms close to this one are known from previous wild
collections, it is uncommon and its pink flowers make it more conspicuous.
It is uncommon and its pink flowers make it more conspicuous than the more
common forms of P. pedunculata. The cultivar was first
introduced to cultivation in October 1977.
Comparators:
Pultenaea pedunculata Hook. CBG 8311008 and CBG
002505.
Grevillea 'Poorinda Regina'
It is a dense, spreading shrub growing to a height of about 3m.
The leaves are deeply lobed and are about 150mm long and about
40mm wide. Individual lobes are up to 6mm wide at their widest point and
pungent. Occasionally entire lobes are produced. The upper leaf surface is
shiny green whilst the underside is densely covered in silky hairs. The
leaves are lighter green than most of the other "toothbrush" Grevilleas.
The flowers are of the "toothbrush" type and are borne along the stem in
the leaf axils. Occasionally they are borne on the stem opposite leaf axil.
Diagnosis:
The perianth is deep red and about 8mm long and the styles are
about 25mm long. This cultivar is different from its stated parent in
flower colour. G. 'Poorinda Regina' has a bright pink to cerise inner
perianth and an orange style while G. 'Poorinda Blondie' has a deep purple
inner perianth and yellow style.