Grevillea 'Lawson Queen'
Open shrub, 1m (h) x 1m (w)
Flowers:
Deep pink
Foliage colour:
Dark Green
Comparators:
Grevillea sericea, G. oleoides
Reasons for distinctiveness:
Thought to be a Grevillea sericea hybrid,
possibly with G. oleoides which also occurs in the area. The differences
are in the deepness of the pink in the flower colour and the leaf
characteristics. The very best-coloured G. sericea comes nowhere near it.
The leaves are much wider than G. sericea. The leaf is a much darker green
than G. sericea. Grevillea sericea can be quite variable in leaf, and for a
while it was thought it could possibly be a new species however it does not
set seed suggesting it may be sterile hybrid.
It has been in the applicant's garden since it was first collected.
Grevillea 'Yellow Devil'
Habit/description: Groundcover Size: 0.1m H x 1-1.5m W Flower colour:Pale yellow Flower size: ca. 35mm; conflorescence 78mm Flowering time:Aug-Nov Frost hardiness: High In cultivation since: 2004
Where has it been tested? Stawell Victoria
Distinguished from G. 'Thorny Devil' by its pale
yellow flowers and slightly smaller leaves
Grevillea 'Yellow Devil'
Habit/description: Groundcover Size: 0.1m H x 1-1.5m W Flower colour:Pale yellow Flower size: ca. 35mm; conflorescence 78mm Flowering time:Aug-Nov Frost hardiness: High In cultivation since: 2004
Where has it been tested? Stawell Victoria
Distinguished from G. 'Thorny Devil' by its pale
yellow flowers and slightly smaller leaves
Citrus australasica 'Byron Sunrise'
Very narrow upright tall shrub or small tree to a maximum of 2
metres high by 600mm wide. Delicate small rounded leaves. Flowers white
(with pink buds) approximately 10-15mm in diameter in October. Fruit a
cylindrical berry, 40-80 mms long, 15-25mm in diameter, mottled green/brown
to black when fully ripe with clean smooth skin. Flesh is tangerine/red.
Note:
the flesh/vescicles becomes darker when exposed to air for several
hours.
Diagnosis:
C . ‘Byron Sunrise’is a medium sized selection with a clean
smooth skin and a distinctive tangerine/red coloured flesh.
Grevillea 'Thorny Devil'
Groundcover
Size: 0.2m H x 1-2m W Flower colour:Orange Flower size: 35mm; conflorescence 100mm
Flowering time: Jul-Nov
Distinguished from G. nana ssp nana by its smaller
leaves with more numerous closely aligned pinnae and its pinky orange
flowers. Distinguished from G. tenuiloba by its coarser leaves, denser
prostrate habit and pink-orange flowers
Comparators:
G. nana ssp nana, G. tenuiloba
Habit/description:
Frost hardiness:
High
In cultivation since:
1996
Where has it been tested? Victoria and NSW
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.
Grevillea 'Granya Glory'
This cultivar has larger and broader leaves than either parent
and the normally grey/green foliage has an attractive plum/green colour for
several months. The inflorescences and individual flowers are larger and
showier than either parent. It grows to 0.4 by 1.0m and is a medium dense
shrub. Flowers August to February. The inflorescences are approx. 4 by 4cm
and are rose red and cream.
Diagnosis:
Larger and broader leaves and larger inflorescences than either
of its parents.
Grevillea 'Tyalge Glow'
This cultivar grows to a shrub 1.3m X 1m. Leaves are
approximately 25mm long and 5mm wide with a sharp tip, thickened recurved
margins, glabrous above except for young leaves which have some silky hairs
at the base and with a covering of appressed silky hairs below; the stems
are grey hairy; the flowers are in spider like racemes approximately 60mm
across, terminal on short branches; the perianth is red covered with white
and pale brown hairs on the outside, silky hairy within; pedicels are
covered with brown hairs; the perianth segments are recurved; the style is
approximately 30mm long, dark red, glabrous.
Diagnosis:
Grevillea speciosa:
Shrub 1-3m tall X 1-2.5m wide; leaves 10-50mm X 8mm on
a short petiole becoming glabrous above, silky hairy below, apex with a
small point; racemes to 70mm across, flowers pink to deep red, hairy
outside, segments recurved, style to 30mm long, pink to deep red in colour;
main flowering time is winter and spring.
Grevillea 'Tyalge Glow':
Shrub 1.3m X 1m; leaves 25mm X 5mm, on a short
petiole, becoming glabrous above, silky hairy below, apex with a pungent
point; racemes to 60mm across, flowers red, hairy outside, segments
recurved; style to 30mm long, deep red in colour; flowering time is winter
and spring.
Grevillea 'Poorinda Firebird':
Shrub 2-3m X 2-4m; leaves 30mm X 2-4mm,
sessile, young growth silky hairy above, silky hairy below, apex with a
pungent point; racemes to 40mm across; flowers scarlet, hairy outside,
segments recurved; style 25mm long, scarlet in colour; flowering time is
winter to summer.