Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

Dwarf shrub to around 1m with yellow flowers in Spring.

Large shrub or small tree to 4-5m with scented weeping foliage and red/yellow ball flowers from August to October.

Large shrub or small tree to 4-5m with scented weeping foliage and red/yellow ball flowers from August to October.

Large shrub or small tree to 4-5m with scented weeping foliage and red/yellow ball flowers from August to October.

Small compact shrub up to 0.6m(h) x 1m(w) with orange/red new growth and white flowers.

Large compact shrub up to 2m(h) x 2m(w) with orange/red new growth and white flowers.

Large compact shrub up to 2m(h) x 2m(w) with dark red new growth and white flowers.

Groundcover

A small clumping grass-like perennial with dark green weeping leaves. Fragrant yellow flowers on spikes.

This cultivar is a vigorous plant with flowering scapes to 1.6m tall. The flowering stems are multi-branched, thin and tend to spread as broad as they are high. Up to 7600 individual flowers have been recorded for a mature plant of the cultivar, and they are a rich burgundy in colour. This colour is produced by the dense covering of plumose hairs on the flowers and much of the flowering stem, fading in colour and intensity as they reach lower down the stem. The flowers have a bright yellow green patch of colour near the pedicel. Individual flowers are up to 30cm long by ca. 8mm wide at the widest point of the corolla. The corolla tube is terminated by six perianth lobes which taper to a point. These lobes are reflexed when the flower is fully opened. Inside the perianth segments are yellow green as are the stamens. The stamens are more or less as long as the perianth tube. Leaf like bracts occur frequently on the flowering stem and regularly reach 30cm long. The foliage is also vigorous with leaves from 36 to 60cm long by 10 to 40mm wide. Diagnosis: Anigozanthos 'Red Cross' shows the vigour and longevity of A. flavidus. The flowers have the rich colouring of A. rufus. The cultivar is larger than the maternal parent but does not reach the proportions of a well-grown plant of A. flavidus. The anthers are yellow green as are those of all the A. flavidus hybrids, the orange anthers of A. flavidus being recessive.There are two other cultivars that arise from this cross, Anigozanthos 'Harmony' and Anigozanthos 'Unity'. The quickest and easiest distinguishing feature is that Anigozanthos 'Red Cross' has a very distinct yellow patch at the base of the flower. Anigozanthos 'Velvet Harmony' is a much deeper colour while Anigozanthos 'Unity' has larger flowers, to 40mm long as compared to 30mm for A. 'Red Cross'.