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 '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.
Correa 'Ian Fardon'
Large spreading dense shrub with upright habit to 1.5 m x 2 m.
It has long ascendant stems. Leaves are on short petioles, dark green,
lanceolate, shiny, glabrous, leathery and convex on top, pale green and
velvety with tiny rusty stellate hairs underneath and having obtuse tips.
28 mm x 8 mm in size. It has the typical aromatic smell of leaves in the C.
glabra group. The ends of young branches are rusty tomentose. Flowers on
short pedicels occur singly at the ends of short branchlets. The pedicels
also have a pair of deciduous bracts. The corolla, which is 2.2 cm x 0.8 cm
in size, is reddish pink with mid green tips and a band of purplish green
in between. The tips are barely recurved. Stamens are exerted. The calyx is
green and cup-shaped with minute teeth. The calyx folds over maturing seed.
Peak flowering is from Summer to Winter with spasmodic flowering most of
year.
Diagnosis:
It appears to be a garden hybrid with C. glabra var turnbullii
and C. reflexa as possible parents. This variety differs from C. glabra var
turnbullii, in that the leaves are smaller and narrower and have some rusty
tomentum on the underside. The flowers appear to be longer and have a band
of a third colour on the corolla. It still has the characteristic aromatic
smell of C. glabra varieties and the flower colour is similar to other C.
glabra var turnbullii forms.