Grevillea rosmarinifolia 'Rosy Posy'
This cultivar is a form of the dark green, fine leaved variety
of G. rosmarinifolia. It grows to ca. 1.5m tall by 1.5m wide. The leaves
are linear 30-45 mm long by 1mm wide and have a mucronate point. Leaves are
glabrous above and below with very occasional silky hairs on the mid-vein
of the leaf on the underside. The branchlets are covered with scattered
silky hairs. The flowers are ca. 20mm long. The perianth is a rosy pink
with a yellow tip. The style is a deep pink to red. The racemes are 40 to
50mm long and densely packed with flowers. Flowers can be found throughout
the year with the main flowering season being late winter to early spring.
Diagnosis:
G. rosmarinifolia varies greatly over its range. Grevillea
'Rosy Posy' is distinguished by its exceptionally large racemes of flowers.
Eucryphia lucida 'Pink Cloud'
The plant from which the material was selected was about 16m
tall. However, as with other forms of Eucryphia lucida when grown in
cultivation, it will most likely only attain a height of 5 to 7m. The
flowers, which occur in the summer months are a soft pink deepening to rose
in the centre of the flower. They are 4cm in diameter.
Diagnosis:
The flower colour is the distinguishing feature of this cultivar
being pink instead of white as is usual with E. lucida.
Tetratheca thymifolia 'Bicentennial Belle'
The cultivar is a dense form of the species which grows to
about 0.7m tall by up to .9m wide. The cultivar suckers freely and flowers
all year round. The flowers are a mauve pink in colour and are up to 2cm
long.
Diagnosis:
Tetratheca 'Bicentennial Belle' flowers all year round and the
flowers are larger than is usual ie. the petals are 20mm long compared with
the usual 6-15mm long.
Grevillea 'Mason's Hybrid'
This cultivar grows into a bushy shrub plus/minus 1.5m tall by
up to 2m across. The foliage is very similar to another G. banksii x G.
bipinnatifa hybrid, G. 'Robyn Gordon'. The racemes of flowers are 12cm long
by 10cm in diameter. For the individual flowers the perianth parts are
plus/minus 18mm long and the style plus/minus 25mm. Flowers can be found at
all times of they year. The flowers are apricot coloured ant the styles are
red.
Diagnosis:
The foliage of G. 'Mason's Hybrid' can be difficult to
distinguish from the foliage of G. 'Robyn Gordon'. The flowers may be
easily distinguished. G. 'Mason's Hybrid' has apricot coloured flowers
whereas G. 'Robyn Gordon' has red flowers. The flower racemes are more open
and spreading than in G. bipinnatifida and are not held erect as in G.
banksii. The distinguishing features from another hybrid with the same
parentage, G. 'Superb', are that G. 'Mason's Hybrid' grows taller, and
flower colour is different. The flower is also a little smaller than G.
'Superb'. The style tips are quite different colours.
Comparators:
Grevillea 'Robyn Gordon' ACRA ACC001. Grevillea
'Kentlyn' ACRA ACC207. Note: G. 'Mason's Hybrid' has been sold under the
synonymous names Grevillea 'Ned Kelly' and Grevillea 'Kentlyn', but should
in future be referred to as G. 'Mason's Hybrid'.
Grevillea 'Waverley Ghost'
This cultivar is a dense, bushy shrub 0.6 m to 1m tall. and
from 1.5 to 2m wide.The shrub has irregularly variegated foliage with
occasional marginal variegation to complete marginal variegation and
complete leaf variegation. The flowers are pink in colour.
Diagnosis:
The flowers appear to be somewhat fewer in number when compared
to the parent. The flower colour is also slightly different. The flowers of
Grevillea 'Poorinda Constance' are described as a clear red (perianth red
group 50A, style red group 46C) whereas Grevillea 'Waverley Ghost' is a
pink (red group 48D). The ultimate height of the cultivars differs also,
with Grevillea 'Poorinda Constance' growing between 2 and 4m tall and is,
however, grown mainly for its variegated foliage like Grevillea 'Golden
Sparkle',which it resembles in variegation.Grevillea 'Golden Sparkle'
differs in having orange-red flowers and in growing to about 1.6m tall.
Grevillea 'Waverley Ghost' appears to be denser and more vigorous than
Grevillea 'Golden Sparkle' when grown in Canberra, though more time is
needed to assess this factor.
Other notes:
Grevillea 'Waverley Ghost', while mainly grown for its
variegated foliage, also looks attractive in flower with the pink of the
flowers contrasting well with the yellowish-green foliage. Propagation by
vegetative means is the only way to preserve the cultivar form. The
variegation of this cultivar has proved to be very stable. The cultivar is
drought resistant and frost hardy and has proved adaptable to a variety of
soil conditions.
Grevillea 'Lyrebird'
This cultivar has a dense habit and after 5 years has reached a height of 1.2m by 2m wide. The branches arch up which gives the shrub a saucer shaped appearance. The leaves are up to 15cm long by 3.5cm wide at the widest point. The leaves are lobes alternately along the rachis with the individual lobes being ca. 0.5 to 2cm long. The leaves are silvery in appearance due to the light coat of silvery hairs on the top surface of the leaf. The underside of the leaf is covered with a dense coat of hairs. The new growth is a bronze colour. The flower buds also have these bronze overtones. The flowers are terminal or nearly so and of the toothbrush type. The flowers are orange turning to pink with age. The flowering season is from spring to autumn (in Melbourne).
Diagnosis:
Grevillea 'Lyrebird' bears little similarity to other grevilleas of the same leaf type. The leaves are generally finer, the lobes fewer in
number and not as wide as in other cultivars such as Grevillea 'Poorinda Blondie', Grevillea 'Poorinda Enchantment', Grevillea 'Poorinda Miriam' and other similar cultivars. The cultivar differs from the presumed parent in it's lower growing form and in that the flower is orange turning pink compared with the pinky red of the presumed parent.
Other notes:
The frost and drought tolerance of the cultivar has not yet been fully tested.
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
Asterolasia 'Lemon Essence'
Moderately dense, upright shrub, 2m (h) x 1.3m (w)
Flowers:
Lemon yellow 15-20mm in diameter, Aug-Oct
Foliage colour: Dark green
Comparators:
Asterolasia correifolia
Reasons for distinctiveness:
Asterolasia correifolia is a large spreading
shrub around three metres in diameter and has white flowers. Asterolasia
'Lemon Essence' is an upright shub and has lemon yellow flowers.
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.
Correa reflexa var. speciosa 'Carmen'
Plant size: 400mm (h) x 300mm (w) Flowers: Deep red (carmine with yellow tip) Flower size: 38mm long x 15mm diameter Flowering time: April-July Form: Moderately dense
Correa reflexa var. speciosa 'Carmen' has similar flower to C. 'Red Empress' which come from the Brisbane Ranges but the flower is larger and more tapered. Its leaves are light green heart shaped 26mm x 17mm recurved edges. It is the size and shape of the flower that distinguishes it from all others. Anthers just exserted, calyx is semi spherical. Frost hardiness: Medium
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