Pimelea nivea 'Standup Point'
This cultivar forms a very compact shrub from 0.6m to 1.5m
tall by up to 2m wide. The leaves are said to be broader and glossier than
those of the usual form. It flowers very freely from October to December in
Tasmania. Flowerheads are up to 35mm across, which is slightly larger than
usual, with individual flowers 8-10mm long and white in colour.
Diagnosis:
This form can be distinguished from the more usual form of the
species by its compact nature, glossier surface of the leaves and larger
flower heads. It is more compact due to the short internodes spaces.
Philotheca verrucosa 'Kangaroo Gully Crimson'
This selection is a low shrub (40-90cm high by 25-60cm wide).
Young plants are compact with dense foliage, becoming more open as the
plant ages. The flowers are profuse and ca. 1.5cm diameter. Flowering is in
August/September.
Diagnosis:
P. verrucosa'Kangaroo Gully Crimson' is distinguished from P.
verrucosa by its much stronger flower colour.
Correa 'Ivory Dancer'
Vigorous shrub to c. 1.5 m x 2 m with a dense habit.
Branchlets sparsely tomentose with rust coloured stellate hairs. Simple
elliptical leaves, 23 mm x 16 mm, petioles to 0.5 mm. Leaf apices obtuse,
leaf bases oblique, venation reticulate, margins entire, lamina curves into
convex shape. Upper surfaces of mature leaves dark green and glabrous to
scabridulous with occasional stellate hairs. Upper surfaces of young leaves
sparsely tomentose with white stellate hairs and occasional rust-coloured
stellate hairs. Lower surfaces tomentose with minute white stellate hairs
and scattered rust-coloured stellate hairs becoming more concentrated on
the veins. Calyx tomentose with rust coloured stellate hairs, pedicels to 4
mm. Corolla cylindrical 23 mm x 8 mm, ivory-white, petals strongly reflexed
(spreading lobes). Anthers exerted, narrow oblong, obtuse. Peak flowering
is from April to August in most districts.
Diagnosis:
The leaves of this cultivar conform to descriptions for C.
reflexa var. reflexa, except for the oblique bases and petioles to 5 mm
which conforms to C. pulchella. The flower has an affinity to C. pulchella
because of its spreading lobes and single colour. It is a taller shrub than
the range (1 m) given for C. pulchella by Wilson (1998). The cultivar is
distinctive because of its white flower colour which is different from
other C. reflexa x C. pulchella hybrids such as C. 'Dusky Bells', C. 'Pink
Mist' and C. 'Mannii'. The cultivar varies from C. 'Ivory Bells' in
parentage (C. alba var. alba x C. backhouseana) and in leaf size.
Correa 'Ivory Bells'
A small dense shrub it grows to 1-2m x 2-3m. Flowers are 2.5
cm long, ivory to tan with recurved lobes. The leaves are 3cm x 2cm
elliptic to ovate, dull dark green and glabrous above, pale greenish tan
and hairy below. Its main flowering is from June to December but also
sporadic flowers can occur.
Diagnosis:
The floral tube of Correa alba is split into 4 separate segments
and the flowers are upright. C. backhouseana has tubular flowers that
occasionally split and they are pendulous. Correa 'Ivory Bells' has semi
pendulous flowers. The flower colour is the distinguishing feature of the
cultivar.
Correa 'Marian's Marvel'
This cultivar is an open shrub from 1-2m tall by up to 3m
across. The stems are long and spreading and ascendant at the ends. Older
stems are glabrous though younger stems are densely covered in pale to dark
brown stellate hairs. The leaves are cordate with simple margins, an obtuse
apex and up to 3cm long by 2cm wide. They are glabrous and shiny above and
densely covered in pale to dark brown stellate hairs. The leaves are
cordate with simple margins, an obtuse apex and up to 3cm long by 2cm wide.
They are glabrous and shiny above and densely covered with pale to rusty
stellate hairs on the underside. The flowers are tubular, up to 3cm long by
1cm wide and found from March to September. These are found in groups of
one to three per axil, are pink with creamy green tips and covered with
fine stellate hairs. The calyx lobes are not reflexed and the stamens are
exserted.
Diagnosis:
1-2m, up to 3m. Leaves cordate; 3cm long, 2cm wide, glabrous
above, rusty hairy below. Flowers tubular, 3cm long, slightly reflexed,
pink/creamy green.
Eucalyptus caesia 'Silver Princess'
A large shrub or tree 6-8m. This form is probably a tetraploid
being larger and more vigorous in all respects than the normal form. Fruit
diameter is 30mm compared to 15mm for the normal fruit. Leaves 1.5 times to
twice as long as the normal form.
Verticordia 'Wemm's Find'
Note:
Originally received as Verticordia 'Venus Wemmiana'
A moderately dense, rounded shrub to 35cm by 45cm wide after
four years of growth. The leaves are moderately dense, orbicular to
elliptic, 4-5mm wide, light green, with prominent oil glands. The
pink-mauve-silver flowers aging to yellow white are held in dense terminal
spike-like groups to 50mm long by 20mm wide. The flowering period in WA is
from November to February.
Diagnosis:
V. oculata:
Open rounded to upright shrub to 2m tall; leaves orbicular,
stem clasping, 9mm long X 10mm wide, blue-green with silvery bloom when
mature, becoming reflexed with age; flowers silver and purple or red giving
a two tone effect, 15-25mm across, style is 10-19mm long, flowering time is
November-February.
V. 'Wemm's Find':
Moderately dense rounded shrub 35cm X 45cm; leaves
orbicular to elliptic, 4-5mm long X 3-4mm wide, light green, moderately
dense and more spreading; flowers pink-silver-mauve 14-16mm across, style
8-10mm long, flowering time November-December.
V. etheliana:
Upright to open rounded shrub to 1.5m high X 1m wide. The
leaves are orbicular, opposite, light green, sometimes purplish-green and
becoming reflexed with age. The flowers are open with cream petals, ageing
to dull red. Flower size 15mm across, style 18-20mm long and flowering time
July to February.
Callistemon viminalis 'Dawson River Weeper'
A tall, spreading shrub to 5m high by 5m across, occasionally
taller in ideal conditions, with pendulous branches that reach to the
ground. Leaves are narrow-lanceolate and up to 70mm long by 5mm wide.
Leaves and young stems are covered with long, silky hairs and abundant oil
dots are obvious under a lens. The red, bottlebrush flowers are about 90mm
long by 50mm diameter and small leaves are often seen within the flower
spike. Main flowering periods are spring and autumn but some flowers are
found at most seasons in mild climates.
Diagnosis:
Many forms of C. viminalis are in cultivation; and are often
difficult to distinguish. This cultivar may be identified by its narrow
leaves, long, often continuous, flowering period and its bushy, pendulous
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
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