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
Grevillea 'Katydid'
Distinguished from G.pinnatifida by its deeply
twice divided fine foliage, its larger spreading habit and from G.
batracheoides by its slightly coarse leaves larger flowers.
Comparators:
Grevillea bipinnatifida (Chittering Valley), G. batracheoides
Habit/description:
Small-medium spreading shrub
Size:
1.5m H x 3m W
Flower colour:Orange and pink
Flower size:
fl. 54mm; conflorescence 114mm
Flowering time:
Aug-Jun
Eremophila bignoniiflora 'Meringur Midnight'
Open shrub, 5m (h) x 2m (w)
Flowers:
Dark purple, 35mm x 10mm, from Aug-Oct
Foliage colour: mid green
Comparators:
Eremophila bignoniiflora, E. viscida
Reasons for distinctiveness:
Thought to be a hybrid between Eremophila
bignoniiflora and E. viscida. Eremophila bignoniiflora ‘Meringur Midnight’
has been selected for its large dark purple flowers and is a more compact
shrub than other forms of Eremophila bignoniiflora.
Eremophila bignoniiflora 'Meringur Midnight'
Open shrub, 5m (h) x 2m (w)
Flowers:
Dark purple, 35mm x 10mm, from Aug-Oct
Foliage colour: mid green
Comparators:
Eremophila bignoniiflora, E. viscida
Reasons for distinctiveness:
Thought to be a hybrid between Eremophila
bignoniiflora and E. viscida. Eremophila bignoniiflora ‘Meringur Midnight’
has been selected for its large dark purple flowers and is a more compact
shrub than other forms of Eremophila bignoniiflora.
Grevillea 'Apricot Tingle'
Shrub 30cm (h) x 1–1.5m (w)
Flowers:
Spring–summer, apricot; conflorescence 35mm x 25mm
Foliage colour:
Green
Comparators:
Grevillea ‘New Blood’ and Grevillea juniperina Tinga form.
Reasons for distinctiveness:
This selection has prolific orange flowers and
low spreading growth habit.
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
Correa reflexa var. reflexa 'Mary's Choice'
Note:
Received as C. 'Anglesea' Mary D. White.
Erect shrub to ca. 1 m x 1.5 m with an open habit. Branchlets
highly tomentose with rust-coloured stellate hairs becoming brown and
glabrous with age. Leaves simple, oblong-cordate leaves, 25mm x 9mm,
shortly petiolate. Leaf apices obtuse, leaf bases subcordate, venation
reticulate, entire margins with white-coloured stellate hairs. Upper
surfaces of mature leaves dark green and scabridulous. Upper surfaces of
young leaves pale green and finely tomentose with white-coloured stellate
hairs. Lower surfaces of leaves minutely densely tomentose with white
stellate hairs and becoming rust coloured and more concentrated on the
veins and margins. Peduncles axillary, calyx hemispherical with 4 minute
teeth, 4 mm high, fawn coloured with scattered rust-coloured stellate
hairs. Corolla cylindrical 35 mm x 9 mm, deep red graduating to pale green
at tips, which are barely reflexed and covered with a fine tomentum of
red-coloured stellate hairs becoming white- and tan-coloured at tips.
Anthers shortly exerted, narrow oblong and obtuse. Peak flowering is from
June to October in most districts.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar conforms to descriptions for C. reflexa var.
reflexa by Wilson (1998). The rich-red flower colour and floriferous habit
are the distinguishing features of this selection from the wild. Correa
'Mary's Choice' has been widely cultivated in Australian gardens for many
years.
Grevillea 'Poorinda Beulah'
It is a dense shrub growing to a height of about 1.5m by about
2m wide. The leaves are often up to 100m long and are usually lobed. The
width of the leaves at their widest is about 30mm. New growth is an
attractive bronze colour whilst the upper surface of the older leaves is
dark shiny green. The underside is covered with dense silky hairs. The
flowers are of the "toothbrush" type and are borne terminally on short
branches. Occasionally flowers are produced on the stem opposite a leaf.
The perianth is smoky pink with a prominent style which graduates to yellow
at the tip. Individual flowers are aobut 10mm long and the styles 25mm
long.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different from its stated parent in leaf shape
and colour of style. Grevillea 'Poorinda Beulah' has an average of 3 lobes
per leaf compared with an average of 14 for Grevillea 'Poorinda Blondie'.
The perianth colour of both cultivars is the same, however the styles vary
from pink in Grevillea 'Poorinda Beulah' to yellow in Grevillea 'Poorinda
Blondie'.
Grevillea 'Poorinda Blondie'
It is a large shrub growing to a height of about 4m by 5m
wide. The leaves are long and narrow and very deeply lobed. Each lobe is
pungent. The average number of lobes per leaf on the specimen examined is
14. The leaves are about 120mm long and up to 40mm wide across the lobes.
Occasionally entire leaves are produced. New foliage exhibits an attractive
bronze colour whilst older foliage is dark green on the upper surface and
grey on the underside with a dense covering of silky hairs. The flowers are
of the "toothbrush" type and are borne terminally on short branchlets. The
perianth is about 8mm long and is covered with dense hairs. The prominent
yellow styles are about 20mm long.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different from its stated parent in leaf shape
and colour of styles. Grevillea 'Poorinda Blondie' has wider, about 4mm and
shorter, about 10mm, lobes than Grevillea hookeriana, which had on the
specimen examined, lobes 2mm wide and up to 40mm long. This cultivar has
yellow styles compared with red for Grevillea hookeriana. Grevillea
'Poorinda Blondie' is different from Grevillea 'Poorinda Beulah' in number
of lobes per leaf and colour of styles. This cultivar has an average of 14
lobes per leaf compared with a average of 3 for Grevillea 'Poorinda Beulah'
and has yellow styles compared with pink for Grevillea 'Poorinda Beulah'.
The perianth colour is the same.
Grevillea 'Poorinda Emblem'
It is a large shrub growing to a height of about 3-4m by the
same width. The leaves are very deeply lobed and are about 250mm long and
about 80mm wide across the lobes. Individual lobes are pungent and about
7mm wide. The upper leaf surface is dark shiny green whilst the underside
is covered with dense silky hairs. The leaves arch downwards and tend to
twist to one side. The new foliage is very densely covered with copper
coloured hairs. The flowers are of the "toothbrush" type and are borne
terminally on short branches and occasionally on the main stem opposite a
leaf. The perianth is purple-red and about 12mm long and the styles, also
purple-red, are about 20mm long.
Diagnosis:
Grevillea 'Poorinda Emblem' is different form Grevillea caleyi
in its leaf shape and less hairy foliage and stems. The leaf lobes are more
pointed than those of Grevillea caleyi. Flower colour is not significantly
different. It differs from Grevillea 'Poorinda Peter' in flower colour.
Grevillea 'Poorinda Emblem' has a dark red perianth while Grevillea
'Poorinda Peter' has a dark purple perianth.