Grevillea rosmarinifolia 'Lara Dwarf'
It is a prostrate to procumbent shrub growing to a height of
up to 300mm by up to 1m wide.The grey leaves are up to 14mm long by about
2mm wide. The leaf edges are rolled under.The flowers are borne at the ends
of short branchlets. Individual florets are creamy white blushed pink and
are about 7mm long and the deep pink styles are 18mm long. The main
flowering period is from April to October.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different from the known forms of G.
rosmarinifolia in its prostrate and compact growth habit, grey foliage and
masses of flowers which are easily visible.
Grevillea 'Shirley Howie'
The pointed leaves are entire and up to 45cm long by about 4mm
wide. The upper surface is green with a distinct mid-vein whilst the
underside is covered in short hairs. The mid-vein is also prominent on the
underside. The leaf edges are rolled under. The flowers are born in dense
clusters at the ends of laterals - some short and others long and the
styles 10mm long.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different from its stated parents in that it grows higher than is usual for G. capitellata and the leaves are larger than is usual for G. capitellata and the leaves are larger than is usual for G. sericea.
Grevillea 'Poorinda Illumina'
G. 'Poorinda Illumina' grows to a dense shrub about 1m tall
and 1.5m across. Its distinguishing feature is its arched, cascading
branches. The foliage is grey-green which contrasts well with the dark
pink/red flowers. The leaves are about 1.8cm long and 2mm wide with pungent
tips and revolute edges. The flowers are profuse, in terminal clusters on
short branchlets. The perianth is deep pink grading to pale cream on the
limb with matching pink styles.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar bears a great resemblance to G. lavandulacea
which has resulted in confusion over its identity. It differs in that G.
'Poorinda Illumina' has arching branches and the individual flowers are
about 8mm long as compared with those of G. lavandulacea which are about
1cm long.
Grevillea 'McDonald Park'
This cultivar grows to +150mm tall by +600mm across. It forms
a dense, low spreading shrub. The stems are round and the new branchlets
are short and covered in hairs. The leaves are densely packed on the
branchlets and are ± 20mm long by +3mm wide. The leaf margins are recurved
to revolute and the leaves are densely covered with silky hairs underneath
and sparsely covered above. The flowers are borne in terminal racemes on
the branchlets. They are red and yellow in colour and very similiar to the
flowers of G. alpina. The perianth segments are almost glabrous with some
sparse hairs while the style is densely covered with silky hairs.
Diagnosis:
The cultivar is low growing and very dense. In habit it closely
resembles G. alpina, with the density and leaf size of G. rosmarinifolia.
The cultivar's leaves are midway between the narrow, linear sharp pointed
leaves of G.rosmarinifolia and the flattish, oblong leaves of G.alpina. The
margins are recurved to revolute compared to the revolute margins of G.
rosmarinifolia and the flat leaves of G.alpina. The foliage and flowers are
midway between the glabrous nature of G.rosmarinifolia and the hairiness of
the leaves and flowers of G.alpina. The newer growth is hairy but not as
much so as G.alpinaand more so than G. rosmarinifolia.
Note:
This cultivar has previously been catalogued and sold as G. alpina
'Mcdonell Park' and G. alpina 'Mcdonald Park'. These names are incorrcct as
the plant is of hybrid origin.
Comparators:
Grevillea rosmarinifolia NBG 020246; Grevillea
alpina NBG 036418.
Grevillea 'Fanfare'
Note:
Specimen received as G. 'Austraflora Fan-Fare'. Originally registered
as Grevillea 'Austraflora Fanfare'
It is a plant exhibiting a generally prostrate habit with a
spread of 4-5m. The leaves are deeply lobed and up to 150mm long by up to
45mm wide across the lobes. Each lobe is about 10mm wide and ends in a
point. On the specimen examined there were up to 18 lobes per leaf. The
leaves are dark green on the upper surface with a sparse covering of long
silky hairs when young. These hairs are lost as the leaf matures, however
the underside retains a dense covering of silky hairs much longer. The dark
flowers are of the "toothbrush" type and are produced in the leaf axils.
Individual flowers are about 8mm long while the dusty pink styles are about
25mm long. The colour of the style is the dominant flower colour.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different form Grevillea longifolia in habit
and leaf shape. Grevillea 'Austraflora Fanfare' is generally prostrate
compared with up to 20mm wide for Grevillea longifolia. The width of
individual lobes varies form 10mm for Grevillea 'Austraflora Fanfare' to
5mm for Grevillea longifolia. This cultivar is different from Grevillea x
gaudichaudii in shape of leaf. Grevillea 'Austraflora Fanfare' has longer;
150mm, and narrower; 45mm wide leaves compared with leaves up to 85mm long
and up to 65mm wide for Grevillea x gaudichaudii. Two similar registered
cultivars with lobed leaves and a prostrate habit are Grevillea 'Poorinda
Royal Carpet' and Grevillea>'Poorinda Royal Mantle'. Grevillea
'Austraflora Fanfare' is different form Grevillea 'Poorinda Royal Carpet'
in leaf shape and style colour. Grevillea 'Poorinda Royal Carpet' has both
entire and lobed leaves. Grevillea 'Austraflora Fanfare' does not have
entire leaves and they are also longer and wider than those of Grevillea
'Poorinda Royal Carpet'. Grevillea 'Austraflora Fanfare' has a dusty pink
styles compared with deep pink styles for Grevillea 'Poorinda Royal
Carpet'. Grevillea 'Austraflora Fanfare' is different form Grevillea
'Poorinda Royal Mantle' in leaf shape and style colour. Grevillea
'Poorinda Royal Mantle' has both entire and lobed leaves. Grevillea
'Austraflora Fanfare' does not have entire leaves. Its leaves are also
longer and wider than those of Grevillea 'Poorinda Royal Mantle'.
Grevillea 'Austraflora Fanfare' has dusty pink styles compared with deep
pink for Grevillea 'Poorinda Royal Mantle'.
Grevillea 'Pink Star'
This cultivar grows to a height of 2m with a spread of 2m.
Leaves are crowded and scattered around the stems. They are glossy green on
top and pale beneath. The leaf margins are recurved downwards. Mature
leaves are more or less 15mm long by 3mm wide. Leaves on the lateral
branches are smaller and more crowded, more or less 10mm in length. Flowers
are borne terminally on the short lateral branches in short racemes.
Perianth segments are pink and cream and the styles are pink and silky
hairy. The flowers are more or less 25mm long and 5mm wide at the widest
point. The cultivar is very floriferous, the main season being spring, with
odd flowers being found all year round.
Diagnosis:
The cultivar is distinguished from Grevillea baueri in that its
leaves are much narrower and the leaf margins are recurved. Grevillea
baueri is generally a more compact shrub than Grevillea 'Pink Star
Grevillea 'Poorinda Royal Mantle'
The leaves vary from entire to lobes. The entire leaves
measure up to 90mm long by about 20mm wide. The lobed leaves are about
100mm long and about 40mm wide across their widest point. New growth is
densely covered with silky hairs on both sides of the leaves. As the leaves
mature they lose their hairs on the upper surface whilst retaining those on
the underside. The new foliage is coppery red in colour and most
attractive. The flowers are of the "toothbrush" type and are borne
terminally on short branchlets and occasionally on the main stems opposite
the leaves. The perianth is dark red and about 10mm long and the styles
about 25mm long.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different from G. laurifolia in that most
leaves are lobed and is different form G. willisii in that the cultivar is
prostrate.
Grevillea 'Gaudi's Ghost'
Groundcover to 0.25m (h) × 1–1.5m (w)
Flowers: Spring–Summer, toothbrush form, deep pinkish red, raceme 80mm × 25mm
Foliage colour: Pale green, variegated pale pink tinge when young turning
white with age.
Grevillea 'Winter Wonder'
Grevillea ‘Winter Wonder’ is a medium sized shrub growing to approximately 1.5 metres tall. It has red and white flowers and soft grey/green foliage. Flowers occur from winter to spring and attract nectar feeding birds. ‘Winter Wonder’ can produce long flowering branches which may be trimmed if a more compact plant is desired.
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.