Hardenbergia violaceae 'Mystic Marvel'
a ground cover or climber with bicoloured mauve/white fls in spring
Hardenbergia violacea 'Regent'
A hardy, upright shrub growing to approx. 1 metre tall & 75cm across. It has large leathery leaves that stand out from the stems and is covered with upright bunches of purple pea-shaped flowers in spring.
Hardenbergia violacea 'Flat White'
Flowers:
White, from late July to mid-September
Compact groundcover to 20cm high & up to 4m in diameter
Foliage colour:
Dark green, ca. 40-45mm (w) x 60-65mm (long)
Reasons for distinctiveness:
Hardenbergia violacea ‘Flat White’ is a white
flowered dense foliage true groundcover form whereas most other white
selections are either bushy or climbers.
Hardenbergia violacea 'Aspiration'
It is a scrambling creeper attaining a spread of about 5m
across and with support will climb to a height of about 2m. The leaves are
dark green, about 55mm wide at the base, and taper to a rounded point.
Veining on the upper surface is very distinct. The pink pea-shaped flowers
are produced in compact and numerous racemes arising from the leaf axils
and held vertically above the foliage. Individual flowers are about 10mm
long and about 10mm wide.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different from other known forms of the species
in its very compact and numerous racemes with musk pink flowers. These
racemes are held vertically. The species usually has violet flowers. This
cultivar will most commonly be known as H. violacea 'Austraflora
Aspiration'.
Hardenbergia violacea 'Happy Wanderer'
Leaves are lanceolate in shape and plus/minus 8cm long when
mature. They are a glossy green in colour. Leaves tend to be sparser with
longer than normal internodal distances. The flowers are 10mm wide and are
a rich violet-mauve in colour. They are borne profusely in racemes 9cm long
that arise from the leaf axils. Flowers are said to be found from June to
early spring.
Kennedia nigricans 'Minstrel'
The flower colour is the only notable difference of this
cultivar. All other features are the same as Kennedia nigricans.
Diagnosis:
The flowers are black with a pale, almost white patch on the
standard instead of a yellow patch.
Lechenaultia biloba 'White Flash'
A natural colour variant of Lechenaultia biloba which differs
from other forms in that it has a clear and sharp break between the white
central portion of the flower and the deep blue outer area of the petals.
The plant in the wild is an open wiry specimen but with judicious pruning
could be shaped into an attractive garden bush doing best in a light gravel
or sandy soil. Cultivar received by the Authority on 10 December 1974 from
the ANBG.
Callistemon pachyphyllus 'Smoked Salmon'
In cultivation the cultivar is slightly more compact than the
type and attains a height of 1.5m. All morphological characteristics of the
cultivar are as for C. pachyphyllus. The flowers are a salmony pink to
shell pink in colour and are plus/minus 8cm long by plus/minus 6cm wide. It
is stated that in Brisbane this cultivar has some flowers for most of the
year with two main flowering peaks, in summer and from autumn to early
winter. The flowers during the summer months are slightly paler in colour.
Diagnosis:
The cultivar differs from the normal red and green flowering
forms of C. pachyphyllus in the salmon pink to shell pink colour of its
flowers.
Callistemon 'Kings Park Special'
This cultivar grows into small bushy trees from 3 to 5m tall
by 3 to 4m wide. The inflorescences are in multiple heads on brach
terminals and are bright red in colour. They are up to 13cm long by 6cm
wide. The flowering season in Western Australia is from mid September to
October with a smaller flowering in autumn. The leaves are up to 110mm long
by up to 15mm wide. The shrub is much branched and the branchlets are
slightly pendulous.
Diagnosis:
There is some similarity between Callistemon 'Harkness' (syn.
'Gawler hybrid') and Callistemon 'Kings Park Special'. Callistemon 'Kings
Park Special' thrives in an open position and is fast growing. It responds
well to pruning after flowering and the original plant has been severely
pruned on two occasions and recovered well. This cultivar sets fertile seed
but must be grown by vegetative means to preserve the cultivar form.
Callistemon 'Kings Park Special' has proved to be more floriferous in
western Australia than Callistemon 'Harkness'. It is adaptable to a wide
range of soil types though can suffer frost damage to the younger shoot
growth when grown in areas that experience severe frost. This latter factor
could well be an indicator of C. viminalis being involved in the parentage
of this cultivar.
Callistemon 'Packers Selection'
This cultivar is a fast growing and pendulous shrub ca. 1.5m
tall by 1.5m wide. Inflorescences are deep red in colour and ca. 9cm long,
but narrow in diameter (ca. 3cm). Flowering is spasmodic all year (as
observed under conditions in WA) with profuse flowering in October,
January-February and March-April (also in WA).
Diagnosis:
Callistemon 'Packers Selection' closely resembles C. subulatus.
It is possible to distinguish the cultivar by its very pendulous habit
compared with the more erect habit of C. subulatus and by the much longer
inflorescences. The flowers are a deep red fading as they age.
Comparators:
Callistemon subulatus CBG 7801196. NSW South Coast,
14Km north of Yowrie PO on north side of Tuross River.