Grevillea 'Superb'
This cultivar is a shrub of medium density, growing to plus/minus 1m tall by 1-2m wide. The foliage is very similar to G. 'Robyn Gordon' (a cross with the same parent species) and it is virtually impossible to distinguish between them. The inflorescence can measure plus/minus 15cm long by plus/minus 9cm wide. The individual flowers are moderately densely packed on the raceme and completely encircle the rachis. Individual flowers measure 4.5 to 5cm long. The pedicel and perianth are also covered in dense, closely appressed hairs. The style appears glabrous but does have scattered, very short, silky hairs. The inflorescences are borne teminally. The buds are dark in colour before opening. The inflorescences are very similar to G. 'Robyn Gordon' except in colouration. The flowers are salmon in colour with the perianth changing to red as they
age. The styles are red with yellow tips.
Diagnosis:
Vegetatively this cultivar is very similar to G. 'Robyn Gordon'. The difference is in the flower colour as described above.
Grevillea banksii 'Kingaroy Slippers'
The leaves are the same as G. banksii. The flowers are borne
in the normal terminal inflorescences for G. banksii. Individual florets
are pink and about 15mm long and the dark pink styles are about 40mm long.
It flowers throughout the year with a main flowering period during summer.
Diagnosis:
The cultivar is different form other known normal forms of G.
banksii in that as the anther unfurls, instead of the limb releasing the
stigma and the perianth splitting so the anther can be released, the
perianth tube breaks away from just below the ovary, and still being
attached at the limb and stigma, is carried away form its normal position.
Self pollination occurs as fertile seed is produced.
Grevillea 'Golden Sparkle'
Grevillea 'Golden Sparkle' was described by H and J Sparks
(Your Garden February 1973) in these terms. "This Grevillea which we have
named 'Golden Sparkle' grows 4ft to 5 ft and has a typical spider flower of
orange-red. In spring and autumn the foliage tips turn a striking reddish
bronze, which adds to its beauty".
Diagnosis:
The specimen presented for registration appears to be a cultivar
of Grevillea speciosa (Knight) D. McGillivray. It differs from this species
in the leaf variegation which apparently sugggested its cultivar name. The
variegation consist of an irregular border or blotches of golden yellow on
a background of somewhat pale to normal deep green.
Grevillea juniperina 'Molonglo'
A low spreading shrub 1m high x 1m+ across; branches pubescent, arcuate to declinate, the longer branches becoming decumbent; leaves 8-20mm long and 1-2mm wide, linear-subulate, somewhat angular, with pungent apices, the upper surfaces glabrous, the lower pubescent and almost
hidden by the revolute margins; flowers apricot in sessile racemes, terminal on short lateral branches; perianth tubes 10-12mm long, silky pubescent outside styles ca 30mm long red.
Diagnosis:
Grevillea juniperina 'Molonglo' differs from G. juniperina (yellow flowered prostrate form)in its spreading, not prostrate habit, its narrower, more pungent leaves with closely revolute margins and in its larger apricot flowers with red styles. It also differs from other forms of G. juniperina in its low spreading habit and in flower colour.
Grevillea 'Little Thicket'
Individual plants are about 1m high by about 1m wide, however,
dense thickets are formed due to the growth of neighbouring suckers. Tufts
of new shoots appear up to 5m from a main stem. The leaves are green on the
upper surface and silvery on the underside due to dense hairs. They are up
to 18mm long and 3mm wide. The leaf edges are rolled under. The pale yellow
flowers which have a red tinge are 8mm long while the yellow styles are
20mm long. The flowers are produced in small terminal clusters. On
occasions the flowers do not always form but abort at an early stage.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different from known naturally occurring forms
of the species in its low suckering habit.
Grevillea 'Patricia Marie'
The leaves are the same for G. banksii. The flowers are formed
into large dense multiple clusters and these are produced terminally.
Individual florets are pink and about 15mm long and the deep pink styles
are about 45mm long.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different from the usual forms of G. banksii
in its clustered shorter inflorescences. They do not taper form the base to
the tip as does G. banksii.
Grevillea 'Pink Surprise'
Leaves are compound and shiny green on the upper surface. Each
leaf consists of + 20 long narrow lobes, occasionally these being
subdivided into two. Some lobes end in a small hooked point, others in a
straight point. The overall length of a leaf is + 30cm and the width +
10cm. Individual lobes are about 10cm long and 2-4mm wide. The leaf edges
are rolled under. Flowers are pink with long cream to very pale green
styles. Flowers are about 15cm long and approximately 5cm wideand produced
in dense terminal racemes. Individual flowers are borne in tight pairs and
are woolly. Perianth tube and limb together measure about 1.3cm long,
styles are up to 3.5 cm long.
Diagnosis:
G. 'Pink Surprise' can be distinguished from its parents by its
pink flower colour
Eremophila 'Beryl's Gem'
Dense shrub, 1.8m (h) x 1m (w)
Flowers: Deep pink, 20mm x 8mm, from Aug-Oct
Foliage colour: Greyish green
Comparators:
Eremophila calorhabdos, E. splendens
Reasons for distinctiveness:
Thought to be a hybrid between Eremophila
calorhabdos and E. splendens. Eremophila ‘Beryl's Gem’ is a compact shrub
whereas E. calorhados is quite open and upright and E. splendens has orange
flowers.
Eremophila biserrata 'Magic Carpet'
Dense groundcover with upright leaves, 30mm x 3m in diameter, flowers large, burgundy brown, slightly bulbous, 25-30mm. Flowering period: Spring to autumn and intermittent throughout the year
Leaves - upright, dull grey green
Comparators:
Thought to be a Eremophila biserrata hybrid. Eremophila biserrata is a ground hugging prostrate plant with
dark green serrated leaves which grow closely together along the stems of the plant. The corolla is yellow-green with purple strip along the top of the tube. Flowering time is from late spring to mid-summer.
Eremophila 'Summertime Blue'
Large dense intricate shrub, 2m x 3m, flowers lilac with a white throat, 25-30mm, summer
Diagnosis: ntermediate between the two suggested parents.
Comparators:
Eremophila divaricata is a medium intricate shrub with small purple blue flowers while Eremophila polyclada is a large open shrub with white flowers.