Callistemon 'Starlight'
A large rounded shrub to 4m high x 4m across; leaves to 5cm x
1.5 cm, lanceolate, glabrous when mature, ending in short slightly pungent
point; flower spikes to 10cm x 6 cm, white, terminal, usually solitary.
Flowering late spring and summer.
Diagnosis:
Callistemon ‘Starlight’ differs from ‘Reeve's Pink’ in flower
colour. It is much larger than either C. ‘Clearview White’ (sprawling
habit) or C. viminalis ‘Wilderness White’ (weeping form).
Callistemon citrinus 'White Anzac'
This cultivar is a sprawling shrub to 1m tall by 3m across.
The leaves are about 6cm long by 1cm wide and are lanceolate in shape. The
flowers are a pure white, often in inflorescence clusters of three, aging
to a creamy white. The inflorescences are from 10 to 15cm long by 6cm in
diameter. The flowering season is from November to January.
Diagnosis:
C. citrinus varies markedly both in size and flower colour in
natural populations. Callistemon 'White Anzac' can be distinguished by its
low sprawling habit and white flowers. While examining this cultivar,
another similar C. citrinus cultivar was found - Callistemon 'Moonbeam'.
Callistemon 'Moonbeam' was submitted to ACRA by Mr W Cane of
Maffra,Victoria, in April 1964. In later correspondence (February 1978). Mr
Cane remembers "collecting a white flowered C. citrinus near Anzac Cove, it
was a low growing form and came into the trade after it left me as C.
citrinus 'Anzac'". The specimen of Callistemon 'Moonbeam' clearly indicates
in Mr Canes's handwriting that it was collected near a large hospital on
Anzac Cove. Specimens and descriptions of both these cultivars match very
closely and it is highly likely that they are the same clonal material.
Even if they are not, the form and flower colour warrant being regarded as
the same cultivar. Therefore, any material being grown under the names C
'Anzac', C. citrinus 'Anzac', C 'Moonbeam' or C. citrinus 'Moonbeam' should
now be known as Callistemon 'White Anzac'. It would be normal practice to
use the original name of Callistemon 'Moonbeam' but this name does not
appear to be widely accepted or used to any degree. Callistemon 'White
Anzac' has been widely marketed under that name, therefore Article 46 of
the Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants has been instigated. This
Article allows the retention of the name in common usage if the use of a
previous name would lead to confusion.
Comparators:
C. citrinus 'Moonbeam' ACRA Accession Number 030 (CBG
068898).
Callistemon 'Mauve Mist'
This cultivar forms a dense shrub to a height of about 3m with
an equal or slightly wider spread. The leaves are entire and about 50mm
long by about 8mm wide.The new tip growth is pink and densely covered with
silky hairs.The flowers are produced in dense "bottlebrush " clusters. The
clusters are often produced in bunches. Individual "bottlebrushes"are
pinkish mauve and about 70mm long by about 50mm wide. The stamens are the
colourful part of the flower. It is reported that this cultivar will flower
as late as Christmas.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different from Callistemon 'Reeve's Pink' in
flower colour. Callistemon 'Mauve Mist' has pinkish-mauve "brushes"
compared with pink for Callistemon 'Reeve's Pink'.
Callistemon pallidus 'Candle Glow'
Callistemon 'Candle Glow' is a prostrate form of Callistemon
pallidus. This cultivar grows to 100mm tall by plus/minus 2.5m across. All
other botanical details of the cultivar are as for C. pallidus.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is readily distinguished from the rest of C.
pallidus by its prostrate habit.
Callistemon 'Firebrand'
This cultivar grows to plus/minus 60cm by 2.5m in width, thus
making it basically prostrate in habit. The cultivar is multibranched with
many branches having a prostrate habit. Some branches are semi-ascendant
but then weep towards the ground. The other foliage characteristics are as
for C. citrinus. Flowering is profuse and the inflorescences are plus/minus
9cm long by 4cm in diameter. The flowering season is from early November to
late December in Melbourne. The flowers are a rich crimson-pink in colour,
the other characteristics ar as for C. citrinus.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar differs form normal forms of C. citrinus in its
semi-prostrate habit.
Callistemon 'Burgundy'
This 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 with
silky hairs. The flowers are produced in dense "bottlebrush" clusters.
These clusters are often produced in bunches. Individual "bottlebrushes"
are very dark red fading to deep purple-violet with age. They are about
90mm long by about 45mm wide. The stamens are the colourful parts of the
flower
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different from Callistemon 'Reeve's Pink' and
Callistemon 'Mauve Mist' in flower colour. Callistemon 'Burgundy' has very
dark red "brushes" compared with pink for Callistemon 'Reeve's Pink' and
pinkish mauve for Callistemon 'Mauve Mist'.
Melaleuca linariifolia 'Little Red'
Small shrub to around 1m with red new growth and white flowers in Summer.
Callistemon viminalis 'Wollumbin'
The three year old shrub is about 2m high with a spread of
about 1m. The leaves are up to 60mm long by up to 9mm wide. The flowers are
produced in dense 'bottlebrush' clusters. Individual 'bottlebrushes' are
salmon coloured and about 35mm long by about 40mm wide. The stamens are the
colourful parts of the flower. It is stated that this cultivar has a short
flowering period of 7-12 days, however it flowers in spring and again at
the end of January.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different from other known forms of C.
viminalis in its salmon coloured flowers instead of the usual red.
Callistemon pachyphyllus 'Smoked Salmon'
In cultivation the cultivar is slightly more compact than the
type and attains a height of 1.5m. All morphological characteristics of the
cultivar are as for C. pachyphyllus. The flowers are a salmony pink to
shell pink in colour and are plus/minus 8cm long by plus/minus 6cm wide. It
is stated that in Brisbane this cultivar has some flowers for most of the
year with two main flowering peaks, in summer and from autumn to early
winter. The flowers during the summer months are slightly paler in colour.
Diagnosis:
The cultivar differs from the normal red and green flowering
forms of C. pachyphyllus in the salmon pink to shell pink colour of its
flowers.
Callistemon 'Kings Park Special'
This cultivar grows into small bushy trees from 3 to 5m tall
by 3 to 4m wide. The inflorescences are in multiple heads on brach
terminals and are bright red in colour. They are up to 13cm long by 6cm
wide. The flowering season in Western Australia is from mid September to
October with a smaller flowering in autumn. The leaves are up to 110mm long
by up to 15mm wide. The shrub is much branched and the branchlets are
slightly pendulous.
Diagnosis:
There is some similarity between Callistemon 'Harkness' (syn.
'Gawler hybrid') and Callistemon 'Kings Park Special'. Callistemon 'Kings
Park Special' thrives in an open position and is fast growing. It responds
well to pruning after flowering and the original plant has been severely
pruned on two occasions and recovered well. This cultivar sets fertile seed
but must be grown by vegetative means to preserve the cultivar form.
Callistemon 'Kings Park Special' has proved to be more floriferous in
western Australia than Callistemon 'Harkness'. It is adaptable to a wide
range of soil types though can suffer frost damage to the younger shoot
growth when grown in areas that experience severe frost. This latter factor
could well be an indicator of C. viminalis being involved in the parentage
of this cultivar.