Acacia iteaphylla 'Parsons Cascade'
A. 'Parsons Cascade' differs from other known forms of the
species in its low arching, almost pendulous habit. It grows to a height of
about .5m and a width of up to 4m. in its usual form A. iteaphylla is a
medium to tall shrub 3--5m high x 3-6m wide. Other features of this
cultivar are as for A. iteaphylla.
Other comments:
Acacia pravissima 'Golden Carpet'
It is a prostrate plant that will reach a height of about
400mm and attain a spread of about 6m. The phyllodes are triangular being
about 10mm long by about 8mm wide. The lower edge of each phyllode ends in
a sharp point. The yellow flowers are produced in profusion. Each globular
head of flowers is 4mm in diameter.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different from the known normal forms of its
parent in its completely prostrate habit. Acacia pravissima is normally a
tall shrub or small tree.
Acmena smithii 'BWNFIR'
Large compact shrub up to 6m(h) x 4m(w) with orange red new growth and white flowers.
Acmena smithii 'BWNRED'
Large compact shrub up to 6m(h) x 4m(w) with reddish new growth and white flowers.
Acmena smithii 'Mauve Maisie'
Large shrub with variegated leaves and pink new foliage growth.
Acmena smithii 'Minnie Magic'
Compact shrub which grows to 1.5m(h) x 1m (w) with variegated leaves and pink new growth. White flowers in Spring.
Grevillea 'Copper Crest'
It is a dense mainly prostrate shrub reaching a width of 3-4m but also tends to produce upward arching branches to a height of about 600mm. These branches give an unusual saucer shape to the plant. The leaves are deeply lobed and up to 90mm long by about 40mm wide. Individual lobes which are pointed, are up to 7mm wide. The upper leaf surface is green with prominent veins while the underside is greyer with very prominent veins. A feature of the plant is that new growth is copper-coloured. The flowers are soft pink and produced in the leaf axils. They appear throughout the year with the main flowering period in late spring through to summer.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different from its stated parents in the copper
to bronze leaf colouring.
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.