Xerochrysum bracteatum 'Princess of Wales'
This cultivar grows into a compact, dense shrub 0.6m tall by
0.6m wide. The leaves are mostly glabrous though the midrib is covered with
a fine mantle of silky hairs. Some scattered silky hairs occur also along
the leaf margins. The younger stems are covered in a dense coat of similar
silky hairs which diminish as the stems become older. The leaves average
between 5 and 9cm in length. The flower heads average 5 to 1.5cm long while
the rays of the inner bracts average 1 to 1.5cm long. Both are a rich gold
in colour. The stigmas are orange colour when they emerge. The flowers are
on long stems that emerge well above the foliage. The flowering season in
Canberra is from October to April but occasional flowers may be found all
year round. The flowering period should not be markedly different in other
parts of Australia.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar may be distinguished from the presumed parent
forms by the following features. The cultivar has the perennial habit of
Xerochrysum 'Dargan Hill Monarch' but lacks the greyish appearance provided
by the fine silky hairs. This perennial habit differs from the annual habit
of the other presumed parent form. The main distinguishing characteristic
is in the cultivar's flowering habit. As flowers die the stem withers and
the whole flower stem and dead flowerheads disappear into the lower foliage
of the plant. At the same time new growth emerges from lower on the plant
and extends above the foliage again. These new stems then bear new
inflorescences. The cultivar is also very free flowering.
Other notes:
The free flowering habit together with the growth habit of
"hiding" the spent flower heads make this a very desirable plant for
cultivation. The cultivar is named in honour of her Royal Highness the
Princess of Wales on the occasion of her visit to the Australian National
Botanic Gardens on 7 November 1985. The cultivar is frost hardy and
moderately drought hardy. The cultivar must be propagated by vegetative
means to preserve the cultivar form.
Xerochrysum bracteatum 'Pink Sunrise'
A dense perennial with a width of 60 cm and height of 30 cm.
The pink buds open to cream with an orange centre.
Diagnosis:
Xerochrysum 'Pink Sunrise' is similar to Xerochrysum 'Diamond
Head' but flower colour differs. Xerochrysum 'Diamond Head' is 0.2 m x 0.5
m with 3 cm flower heads held well above narrow green foliage; flowers
yellow with an orange centre.
Brachyscome 'Ramboreef'
The vibrant purple pink flower colour is a striking feature of this new brachyscome. Has a compact suckering growth habit and divided foliage. Good accent plant for garden, and great for containers for patios, courtyards and poolside.
Callistemon 'Reeve's Pink'
The cultivar forms a dense shrub to a height of about 3m with an equal or slightly wider spread. The leaves are entire and about 45mm long by about 8mm wide. The new tip growth is pink and densely covered in silky hairs. The flowers are produced in dense "bottlebrush" clusters which
are themselves often grouped into bunches. Individual "bottlebrushes: are pink and about 70mm long and about 40mm wide. The stamens are the colourful part of the flower.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different from its possible parent in its slightly more spreading habit and pink flower colour. The usual colour of Callistemon citrinus is red or lemon.
Ozothamnus rosmarinifolius 'Silver Jubilee'
Ozothamnus 'Silver Jubilee is a dense shrub that grows to 1.5m
tall by 0.6m wide. The foliage is silver-grey. The flower buds are pink,
opening to white flowers. Flowers are found from October to December.
Diagnosis:
The silver foliage is the main distinguishing feature of this
cultivar.
Callistemon 'Country Sprite'
Fairly loose, open shrub to 4-5m tall. The new growth is
coppery pink. The leaves are narrowly elliptic to narrow-oblanceolate,
42-64mm long, and 6-9mm wide. The leaf stalk is 1-1.7mm long, margins
slightly recurved (on herbarium specimens at least); reticulate venation
clearly visible. Flower spike moderately open to relatively dense, ca. 35mm
wide. Stamens ca. 44-50, ca. 15mm long, pink at the tip, pale at the base.
Anthers yellow. Style exceeding stamens, pale green. Fruit not seen.
Flowering period mostly spring and late summer.
Diagnosis:
Differs from C. 'Glasshouse Country' in:
flowers redder and larger
darker leaf colour of older leaves
larger leaves
prominent pale green styles
Differs from C. recurvus in:
pale flower colour with stamens pale at base
paler, longer and wider leaves
leaves with less recurved margins (at least in dry specimens)
As with C. 'Tin-Sal Glow' there is a superficial resemblance to pink forms
of C. seiberi (syn. C. palludosus). However, the pale bases to the stamens
and slightly recurved leaf margins of C. 'Country Sprite' are distinct.
Leptospermum laevigatum 'Raelene'
It exhibits all the characters of the normal forms of L.
laevigatum except that the leaves are slightly smaller, being about 15mm
long by about 6mm wide, and that they are variegated. The new growth is
light green margined with yellow/cream and as the growth matures the green
becomes darker and the yellow/cream margins turn bright pink.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different from normal forms of its parents in
its slightly smaller leaves and leaf variegation.
COLOUR CODING:RHS Colour Chart 1966 edition.
new tip growth: leaf margin variegation: near yellow-orange 15D.
inner portion of leaf: near yellow-green 145B.
mature growth: leaf margin variegation: between red 51B and C.
inner portion of leaf: near green 138C.
ageing growth: leaf margin variegation: near yellow-orange 14D.
inner portion of leaf: near green 138C.
Banksia 'Giant Candles'
The leaves of this cultivar are plus/minus 4.5cm long and are
intermediate between the two parents, being whorled around the stem as in
B. ericifolia and with the revolute margins of B. spinulosa. The leaves are
not toothed. The inflorescence of this cultivar is its most striking
attribute. A single inflorescence can measure 38-40cm long. When fresh the
inflorescence resembles B. ericifolia. The individual flowers are rich
orange in colour and 2-2.6cm long, as compared to the gold flowers with
black styles of B. spinulosa var. spinulosa. In Brisbane the flowering
period is from autumn through winter.
Lechenaultia biloba 'White Flash'
A natural colour variant of Lechenaultia biloba which differs
from other forms in that it has a clear and sharp break between the white
central portion of the flower and the deep blue outer area of the petals.
The plant in the wild is an open wiry specimen but with judicious pruning
could be shaped into an attractive garden bush doing best in a light gravel
or sandy soil. Cultivar received by the Authority on 10 December 1974 from
the ANBG.
Grevillea 'Poorinda Joyce'
This cultivar grows to around .7m tall by up to .75m wide with
medium dense grey green foliage. The leaves are ca. 10mm long by 2mm wide,
glabrous on the upper surface and densley covered with hair on the lower
surface. The leaf margins produced in sparse clusters, and the perianth
tube is ca. 10mm long. They are deep pink in colour, grading to an ivory
colour on the perianth limb. The styles are deep pink and ca. 20mm long.
Flowering is from August to October.
Diagnosis:
The cultivar differs from its parents in having narrower leaves
than G. alpina but wider than Victorian forms of G lavandulacea. The flower
colour is similar to some forms of G. lavandulacea. The flower colour is
similar to some forms of G. lavandulacea but markely different to G. alpina
. Grevillea 'Poorinda Joyce" is a hybrid with the same parents as
Grevillea 'Poorinda Rosy Morn' and Grevillea ' Poorinda Joyce' are slightly
smaller in size than those of Grevillea 'Poorinda Joyce' differs from
Grevillea 'Poorinda Tranquility by being smaller in total size and leaf
size. The flowers are similar in both cultivars, however Grevillea
'Poorinda Joyce' is darker in colour.