Correa 'Benara Bell'
Erect spreading small shrub to c. 1.0 m x 2 m with a
moderately dense habit. Branchlets finely tomentose with white and
rust-coloured stellate hairs becoming green and sub glabrous with clusters
of stellate hairs. Simple leaves cordate to elliptical, 20 mm x 15 mm. Leaf
tips slightly acute to obtuse, leaf bases cordate, venation reticulate,
margins slightly recurved. Upper surfaces of mature leaves dark green and
coriaceous. Upper surfaces of young leaves minutely tomentose with white
and rust-coloured stellate hairs. Lower surfaces pale green tomentose with
minute white and rust-coloured stellate hairs. Corolla cylindrical 20 mm x
6 mm pale cream with a pink blush shading to green at the tips. Peak
flowering is from May to August in most districts with spasmodic flowering
throughout the year.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is differentiated from Correa alba var. alba by
the non-splitting corolla tube and length of flower as well as the shape
and tomentum of the leaves. Correa 'Marion's Marvel' has larger flowers (23
mm x 10 mm) that are dominantly pink in colour grading to pale green tips.
Although similar in flower colour to C. 'Ivory Bells', it is differentiated
from that cultivar by leaf size. C. 'Ivory Bells' has much larger leaves
(33 mm x 21 mm) than C. 'Benara Bell' although leaf shape and tomentum are
similar. It is almost identical to C. 'Beek's Beauty' which originated in
the garden of Marianne Beek in Naracoorte. Correa 'Beek's Beauty' is not
widely grown and is unlikely to be presented for registration. The form
being registered is that which arose spontaneously in Phillip Dowling's
garden (Benara Road Nursery).
Correa reflexa var. reflexa 'Lemon and Lime'
Note:
Received as Correa 'Wilson's Promontory Lime and Gold'
Low growing shrub to ca. 60 cm x 2 m with a dense habit.
Branchlets highly tomentose with rust coloured stellate hairs becoming
brown and glabrous with age. Simple cordate leaves, 30 mm x 24 nun, shortly
petiolate. Leaf apices obtuse, leaf bases cordate, venation reticulate,
entire margins with rust-coloured stellate hairs. Upper surfaces of mature
leaves dark green and scabridulous with scattered white stellate hairs
becoming more concentrated at margins. Upper surfaces of young leaves
densely tomentose with rust-coloured stellate hairs. Young growth may have
pink tinge. Lower surfaces of leaves densely tomentose with white stellate
hairs and scattered rust-coloured stellate hairs becoming more concentrated
on the veins and margins. Foliaceous bracts strongly reflexed to enclose
flower. Peduncles axillary, slender, terminating in a pair of foliaceous
bracts clasping the flower. Calyx hemispherical, 4 mm high, fawn coloured
with scattered rust-coloured stellate hairs. Corolla obconical 32 mm x 12
mm, lemon with lime green tips covered with fine tomentum of white-coloured
stellate hairs becoming rusty at tips. Anthers shortly exerted, narrow
oblong and obtuse. Peak flowering is from March to July in most districts.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar conforms to descriptions for C. reflexa var.
reflexa found naturally in the Gippsland area but is distinctive by its
unique flower colour. The usual green form of C. reflexa is uniformly
coloured from calyx to tip.
Correa backhouseana var. coriacea 'Eucla Gold'
Erect small shrub to c. 1.2 m x 0.8 m with a moderately dense
habit. Branchlets highly tomentose with minute rust-coloured stellate hairs
becoming green and glabrous with occasional clusters of short stellate
hairs on older stems. Simple leaves ovate, 20 mm x 10 mm. Leaf apices
acute, leaf bases oblique, venation reticulate, margins entire. Upper
surfaces of mature leaves dark green and coriaceous. Upper surfaces of
young leaves minutely densely tomentose with white stellate hairs and
occasional rust-coloured stellate hairs, becoming more concentrated at
margins. Lower surfaces minutely densely tomentose with white stellate
hairs becoming rust-coloured on the veins and margins. Flowers axillary or
terminal on short branchlets, pedicels 4 mm long, light green minutely
densely tomentose with white stellate hairs. Calyx hemispherical,
mid-green, coriaceous becoming densely tomentose towards base, 2-3 mm long.
Corolla cylindrical, 25 mm x 8 mm with petals barely recurved, creamy
yellow with a fine tomentum of rust-coloured stellate hairs becoming
concentrated towards tips of petals. Stamens 4+4, inserted at base of disc,
filaments broadened towards base, anthers slightly exerted, dark brown,
narrow-oblong, apex slightly truncate. Peak flowering is from April to July
in most districts.
Diagnosis:
Distinguished from other C. backhouseana var. coriacea plants
which have smaller flowers usually less than 20 mm long and are narrower.
Flower colour is also brighter than normal forms, which are pale
yellow-green.
Correa 'Ivory Dancer'
Vigorous shrub to c. 1.5 m x 2 m with a dense habit.
Branchlets sparsely tomentose with rust coloured stellate hairs. Simple
elliptical leaves, 23 mm x 16 mm, petioles to 0.5 mm. Leaf apices obtuse,
leaf bases oblique, venation reticulate, margins entire, lamina curves into
convex shape. Upper surfaces of mature leaves dark green and glabrous to
scabridulous with occasional stellate hairs. Upper surfaces of young leaves
sparsely tomentose with white stellate hairs and occasional rust-coloured
stellate hairs. Lower surfaces tomentose with minute white stellate hairs
and scattered rust-coloured stellate hairs becoming more concentrated on
the veins. Calyx tomentose with rust coloured stellate hairs, pedicels to 4
mm. Corolla cylindrical 23 mm x 8 mm, ivory-white, petals strongly reflexed
(spreading lobes). Anthers exerted, narrow oblong, obtuse. Peak flowering
is from April to August in most districts.
Diagnosis:
The leaves of this cultivar conform to descriptions for C.
reflexa var. reflexa, except for the oblique bases and petioles to 5 mm
which conforms to C. pulchella. The flower has an affinity to C. pulchella
because of its spreading lobes and single colour. It is a taller shrub than
the range (1 m) given for C. pulchella by Wilson (1998). The cultivar is
distinctive because of its white flower colour which is different from
other C. reflexa x C. pulchella hybrids such as C. 'Dusky Bells', C. 'Pink
Mist' and C. 'Mannii'. The cultivar varies from C. 'Ivory Bells' in
parentage (C. alba var. alba x C. backhouseana) and in leaf size.
Correa reflexa 'Granny's Grave'
Prostrate shrub to c. 15 cm x 60 cm with a dense,
horizontally layered habit. Branchlets highly tomentose with rust-coloured
steflate hairs becoming green and glabrous with age with occasional
clusters of short stellate hairs. Simple cordate leaves, almost deltoid, 22
mm x 20 mm, shortly petiolate. Leaf apices obtuse, leaf bases cordate,
venation reticulate, margins undulate with rustcoloured stellate hairs.
Upper surfaces of mature leaves dark green and scabridulous with stellate
hairs concentrated at the margins. Upper surfaces of young leaves sparsely
tomentose with minute white stellate hairs and occasional rust-coloured
stellate hairs, becoming more concentrated at margins. Lower surfaces
n-iinutely densely tomentose with white stellate hairs and scattered
rustcoloured stellate hairs becoming more concentrated on the veins. Calyx
hemispherical with fine rusty tomentum. Corolla slightly obconical, 30 mm x
10 mm, lime green with fine white tomentum'of stellate hairs becoming
tan-coloured at tips. Anthers shortly exerted, narrow oblong and obtuse.
Flowering time:
Peak flowering is from April to July in most districts.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar conforms to descriptions for C. reflexa var.
reflexa found naturally in the Warrnambool area but is distinctive by its
large, flowers and lime-green flower colour
Correa reflexa var. reflexa 'Dawn Glow'
Note:
Received as Correa 'Portland Dawn Glow'
Prostrate shrub to ca. 20 cm x 1.5 - 2 m with a moderately
dense habit. Branchlets highly tomentose with rust-coloured stellate hairs
becoming brown and glabrous with age with occasional clusters of short
stellate hairs. Simple cordate leaves, 20 -30 mm x 12 -18 mm, shortly
petiolate. Leaf apices obtuse, leaf bases cordate, venation reticulate,
margins with rust-coloured stellate hairs. Upper surfaces of mature leaves
dark green and scabridulous with occasional stellate hairs. Upper surfaces
of young leaves minutely densely tomentose with white stellate hairs and
occasional rust-coloured stellate hairs, becoming more concentrated at
margins. Lower surfaces minutely densely tomentose with white stellate
hairs and scattered rust-coloured stellate hairs becoming more concentrated
on the veins. Corolla cylindrical 25mm x 10mm, dull orange-red. Peak
flowering is from May to June in most districts.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar conforms to descriptions for C reflexa var.
reflexa found naturally in the Portland area but is distinctive by its
prostrate habit and unique flower colour.
Correa 'Firebird'
Compact shrub to c. 1 m x 2 m with a dense habit. Branchlets
tomentose with rust-coloured stellate hairs. Simple cordate leaves, almost
deltoid, 25 mm x 15 nun, shortly petiolate. Leaf apices obtuse to acute,
leaf bases cordate, venation reticulate, margins with rust-coloured
stellate hairs. Upper surfaces of mature leaves dark green and scabridulous
with occasional stellate hairs. Upper surfaces of young leaves minutely
densely tomentose with white stehate hairs and occasional rust-coloured
stellate hairs, becoming more concentrated at margins. Lower surfaces
minutely densely tomentose with white stellate hairs and scattered
rust-coloured stellate hairs becoming more concentrated on the veins. No
evidence of calycices, pedicels or bracteoles on this non-flowering
specimen. Corolla cylindrical 30 mm x 10 mm, deep red-orange. Peak
flowering is from May to July in most districts.
Diagnosis:
The leaves of this cultivar conform to descriptions for C.
reflexa var reflexa. The flower has an affinity to C. pulchella because of
its uniform red-orange colour. No further diagnosis can be made until a
flower is examined for relationships. The cultivar is distinctive because
of its size which is larger than most C. pulchella flowers and because of
its colour which is different from other C. reflexa x C. pulchella
hybrids, e.g., C. 'Dusky Bells', C. 'Pink Mist', C. 'Mannii'.
Grevillea 'Robert's Ripper'
Bushy shrub to c 1m x 1.5m. Flowers: Pendulous sub-terminal
showy toothbrush racemes, deflexed below the line of the branches in a
massed display around the perimeter of the plant. Foliage:
Leaves 6-7.5 cm
long, 6.5-8 cm wide, obovate in outline, secund, divided 3-4 times, usually
with trisect secondary division; primary leaf lobes 3-7, ultimate lobes
2-2.5 cm long, 1mm wide, ascending, linear-acerose, stiff; apices of lobes
acute, mucro sharp, pungent; upper surface flat to slightly convex, green,
subshiny; lower surface packed with short curly white hairs in the grooves,
the midvein glabrous, green.
Flower:
Comparators:
Grevillea calliantha, which differs in its deep
burgundy-black and dull orange flowers, and less rigid, less prickly
leaves. Grevillea 'Carrington Cross', which differs in its large, spreading
habit, and its translucent pinky-mauve and grey flowers.
Reasons for distinctiveness:
Low, compact spreading habit, with showy pink
toothbrush flowers prominently displayed at the ends of the branches for
many months of the year.
Correa glabra var. turnbullii 'Barossa Gold'
Upright dense shrub growing to 1.5 m x 1.5 m with glossy mid
green foliage turning gold which makes this a highly ornamental plant. It
is not a variegated form as the whole leaf turns gold when the variety is
planted in the open. Leaves are elliptical, glabrous on both sides, glossy
on top growing up to 45 mm x 18 mm with obtuse tips and on very short
petioles. Leaves when crushed have a fruity smell. Flowers occur singly or
in pairs on short 4 mm pedicels at the end of short lateral branchlets. The
corolla is 24 mm long x 7 mm wide, crimson up to where the petal tips split
then grading to a pale green on the tips which are barely recurved. The
corolla bulges slightly just below the calyx. Stamens are strongly exerted.
Petal tips and filaments become pink with age. Calyx is cup-shaped, green
and glabrous, 4 mm x 5 mm in size. Peak flowering is from Autumn to Winter
but flowering may be spasmodic throughout the year.
Diagnosis:
This variety differs from other forms of C. glabra var
turnbullii in the golden foliage. It is the only form which has this
variation.
Veronica 'Monty's Blue'
Woody herb to c. 1m high; stems several or many from a large
woody rootstock, mostly erect and some flopping over.
Flowers:
In terminal racemes, 40–100, deep violet blue, Spring–Summer
Foliage:
Leaves lanceolate, mostly to 60mm long, apex acute, margins
serrate.
Comparators:
Veronica arenaria has linear and entire or with a few teeth or
with spreading irregular linear lobes and bright violet-blue flowers.
Veronica derwentiana usually has large lanceolate serrate leaves and
flowers white or pale lilac or pale blue
Reasons for distinctiveness:
A vigorous showy selection with the deep
violet blue flower spikes similar to V. arenaria and leaves similar to V.
derwentiana.