Callistemon 'Bob Bailey'
The general morphology of this cultivar resembles C. viminalis, growing to 5m tall by 3m wide. The flowers are in dense spikes 100-160mm long by 60mm wide and the filaments are pink in colour. The
flowering season in Townsville is from August to October.
Diagnosis:
Callistemon 'Bob Bailey' can be distinguished from the typical
form of the species by the denser arrangement of flowers on the spikes and
by the flower colour.The filaments are pink instead of the more usual red.
The inflorescence is also slightly wider than is usual for the species.
Other notes:
The cultivar was introduced to horticulture in limited numbers
in 1984. It has proved drought tolerant in Townsville, with even young
plants surviving well through an extended dry period. The general
performance of the cultivar in other parts of Australia should be as for
C. viminalis. The cultivar must be grown by vegetative means to ensure the
cultivar form.
Crowea 'Festival'
This cultivar is a small, dense shrub that grows to
approximately 1m high by 1m wide. The flowers are star shaped, deep pink in
colour and plus/minus 20mm in diameter. It flowers from November to March
in Sydney with occasional flowers being found at other times of the year.
The leaves are 30-40mm long by plus/minus 4mm wide and narrow elliptical to
elliptical in shape. Leaf margins are entire.
Diagnosis:
Crowea 'Festival' can be distinguished from C. saligna as the
leaves, even though of a similar shape to C. saligna, are smaller. C.
saligna and Crowea 'Festival' have narrow elliptical to elliptical leaves
30-40mm long by plus/minus 4mm wide. C. saligna has very distinct angular
branches, to the point of being "winged". C. exalata has just discernable
angular branches. C. 'Festival' has branches similar to C. exalata. Colour
forms similar to this cultivar can be found in both C. exalata and C.
saligna. However, propagation of these species can be difficult at times.
Crowea 'Festival' propagates readily in a few weeks, giving a good
percentage strike. This cultivar must be grown by vegetative means to
preserve the form. It readily accepts heavy pruning and is a good
cutflower.
Comparators:
C. exalata NBG 002905; C. saligna NBG 008963; NBG
0022782; NBG 009372; NBG 023972
Grevillea 'Jelly Baby'
Thought to be a hybrid between the Grevillea alpina
type form from the Black Range in Victoria and G. lavandulacea Tanunda
form. Unlike G. lavandulacea has broad soft oval leaves and has the large
flowers of G. alpina but the colour is bright pink-red and white.
Habit/description:
A dense, silver grey, low spreading shrub
Size:
40cms high x 1 metre in diameter.
Flower colour:pink-red and white
Flower size:
ca. 16 mm; conflorescence 30 mm.
Flowering time:
June-November in Victoria
Frost hardiness:
High
In cultivation since:
2004
Where has it been tested? Stawell, Victoria
Corymbia ficifolia 'Vermillion Blaze'
This cultivar has yellow white stamens which are consistently
longer than is usual for this species. The flower colour is more brilliant
and luminescent than other forms of the species with none of the fading
with age or rain that normally occurs. The stamens age to a dark red. The
largest flowers have an internal ring diameter of 14.5 mm and an outer ring
of 16 mm. The maximum stamen length is 0.25 mm, giving an overall diameter
of 63 mm, with a longer calyx tube. The fruits are very large and have a
pronounced hourglass shape.
Diagnosis:
Corymbia 'Vermillion Blaze' holds its flower colour much longer
than other forms of C. ficifolia and the colour is more brilliant. Both the
flowers and the fruits, while fitting within the known variations of the
species, are towards the larger end of the size scale.
Grevillea 'Tirari Blaze'
Description Small-Medium Shrub
Plant size: 1.5m (h) x 2.0m (w) Flower colour: Red Leaves:Dark green Flower size: 40 - 80mm long x 60mm wide Flowering time: Summer-Autumn Frost hardiness: High
Has the cultivar been tested: Has been tested extensively in SA and Victoria since 2001.
Note:
The Grevillea Study Group reports that it has also been sold under
the name G. trueriana 'Rosy Opal’ by another nursery.
G. 'Tirari Blaze' has much larger, redder flowers
and softer foliage than G. trueriana. G. ‘Tirari Blaze' has more compact,
redder terminal flowers and more compact habit than G. 'Long John'.
Grevillea 'Spider Mist'
Compact shrub, 2.0m (h) x 2.0m (w)
Flowers:
Perianth: Red; stamens: yellow; conflorescence 40mm x 60mm; from
July-Sept
Foliage colour:
Grey/green
Comparators:
Grevillea arenaria, Grevillea ‘Fireworks’
Reasons for distinctiveness:
Grevillea ‘Spider Mist’ is a medium compact
shrub with leaves and form similar to G. arenaria but the flowers are more
like those of G. ‘Fireworks’. Grevillea ‘Fireworks’ is a small upright
shrub to one metre.
Grevillea lavandulacea 'Moonglow'
Low spreading shrub, 0.5m (h) x 0.75m (w)
Flowers:
Light cream–pale yellow, inflorescence 40mm x 60mm, from Aug–Oct
Foliage colour:
Grey/green
Comparators:
Grevillea lavandulacea
Blechnum nudum 'Forcett Feather'
Blechnum 'Forcett Feather' is a bipinnatifid form of the
species. It grows to a height and width of about 60cm with an upright,
slightly arching habit. The outstanding features of this cultivar are the
featherlike fronds. They are irregularly bipinnatifid; in the upper half of
the frond the pinnae margins have reduced crenate divisions for about 2/3
of their length then become more deeply lobed towards the tip. The pinnulae
in the lower half of the frond are wider and more obtuse with irregular
lobes extending as much as 1.5cm further than the others. The "fertile"
fronds have much the same characteristics but are smaller, "skeletonized"
versions and do not produce spores.
Diagnosis:
Blechnum 'Forcett Feather is a smaller plant than usual B. nudum
which can grow up to 1.2m tall. The pinnae of B. nudum are entire whereas
B. 'Forcett Feather' is distinctly bipinnatifid. Sometimes B. nudum
becomes lobed under ideal conditions but this character is not easily
retained in cultivation. B. 'Forcett Feather' retains the character when
propagated from stolons.
Other comments:
It is frost hardy but will
not tolerate drought. B. 'Forcett Feather' has been in cultivation since
1980. It grows well and retains lobing even in full sun.