Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

Upright shrub with white everlasting daisy flowers.

Upright shrub with yellow everlasting daisy flowers

Strongly rhizomatous and stoloniferous perennial to c. 25 cm tall

Shrub 2m(h) x 4m(w) with golden leaves. Melaleuca 'Golden Gem' varies from other Melaleuca bracteata in that it exhibits on attractive golden colour to the tips of the branchlets. This golden colour is particularily evident during the spring months. Note: The name 'Golden Gem' has been trade marked. This cultivar has previously appeared in print in "Good Gardening" Number 10, Spring/Summer 1972 page 8 and also in "Bulletin Number 1, Save the Trees Campaign, Qld September 20, 1971 and "West Australian Gardener", Winter 1975 Volume 6 Number 2 page 2.

Low growing compact shrub about 0.5m(h) x 1m(w) with emerald green foliage.

Small compact shrub 0.7m (h) x 1-1.2m (w) with bright green weeping foliage.

'Green Mist' is a perennial shrub with a pendulous weeping habit. The foliage of 'Green Mist' differs slightly in length and width to that of Acacia cognata. The dwarf growing habit of 'Green Mist' in the main distinguishing feature from the standard form of Acacia cognata. 'Green Mist' has not been observed to flower. Flowering of Acacia cognata usually occurs from August to December. This variety is distinct from all other known varieties in having the following combination of characters: a dwarf bushy growth habit, dense foliage, short internode lengths and slightly shorter broader foliage.

A rounded shrub with white waxy flowers growing to approximately 2m high x 1.5m wide.

Low spreading shrub

This cultivar is prostrate but with flowering stems 10 to 25cm tall. It roots very freely forming a dense mat plus/minus 2m across. The leaves are suborbicular to broadly ovate plus/minus 8cm long by 4.5cm wide. The concave upper surface of the leaf is deep green and the underside pale green. Both leaf surfaces are covered in a dense coating of fine, twisted, silky hairs that are more prominent on the lower surface. On the dentate leaf margin the whiteness of the hairs contrasts with the leaf colour. The violet blue flowers are borne on a raceme plus/minus 14cm long. Individual corollas are plus/minus 1cm long. In Sydney it flowers from December to February. Diagnosis: P. graveolens 'Bennelong Frosty Carpet' can be distinguished from the normal form of P. graveolens by its prostrate habit, its much smaller leaves and its hairier appearance.