Grevillea 'Robert's Ripper'
Bushy shrub to c 1m x 1.5m. Flowers: Pendulous sub-terminal
showy toothbrush racemes, deflexed below the line of the branches in a
massed display around the perimeter of the plant. Foliage:
Leaves 6-7.5 cm
long, 6.5-8 cm wide, obovate in outline, secund, divided 3-4 times, usually
with trisect secondary division; primary leaf lobes 3-7, ultimate lobes
2-2.5 cm long, 1mm wide, ascending, linear-acerose, stiff; apices of lobes
acute, mucro sharp, pungent; upper surface flat to slightly convex, green,
subshiny; lower surface packed with short curly white hairs in the grooves,
the midvein glabrous, green.
Flower:
Comparators:
Grevillea calliantha, which differs in its deep
burgundy-black and dull orange flowers, and less rigid, less prickly
leaves. Grevillea 'Carrington Cross', which differs in its large, spreading
habit, and its translucent pinky-mauve and grey flowers.
Reasons for distinctiveness:
Low, compact spreading habit, with showy pink
toothbrush flowers prominently displayed at the ends of the branches for
many months of the year.
Correa glabra var. turnbullii 'Barossa Gold'
Upright dense shrub growing to 1.5 m x 1.5 m with glossy mid
green foliage turning gold which makes this a highly ornamental plant. It
is not a variegated form as the whole leaf turns gold when the variety is
planted in the open. Leaves are elliptical, glabrous on both sides, glossy
on top growing up to 45 mm x 18 mm with obtuse tips and on very short
petioles. Leaves when crushed have a fruity smell. Flowers occur singly or
in pairs on short 4 mm pedicels at the end of short lateral branchlets. The
corolla is 24 mm long x 7 mm wide, crimson up to where the petal tips split
then grading to a pale green on the tips which are barely recurved. The
corolla bulges slightly just below the calyx. Stamens are strongly exerted.
Petal tips and filaments become pink with age. Calyx is cup-shaped, green
and glabrous, 4 mm x 5 mm in size. Peak flowering is from Autumn to Winter
but flowering may be spasmodic throughout the year.
Diagnosis:
This variety differs from other forms of C. glabra var
turnbullii in the golden foliage. It is the only form which has this
variation.
Veronica 'Monty's Blue'
Woody herb to c. 1m high; stems several or many from a large
woody rootstock, mostly erect and some flopping over.
Flowers:
In terminal racemes, 40–100, deep violet blue, Spring–Summer
Foliage:
Leaves lanceolate, mostly to 60mm long, apex acute, margins
serrate.
Comparators:
Veronica arenaria has linear and entire or with a few teeth or
with spreading irregular linear lobes and bright violet-blue flowers.
Veronica derwentiana usually has large lanceolate serrate leaves and
flowers white or pale lilac or pale blue
Reasons for distinctiveness:
A vigorous showy selection with the deep
violet blue flower spikes similar to V. arenaria and leaves similar to V.
derwentiana.
Grevillea 'Honey Jo'
A moderately dense, compact medium shrub 2 metres high by 1.5
metres wide. Leaves linear, up to 50mm long by 3mm wide, apex acute, light
green above. Flowers 25mm in diameter, grading from deep pink at base to
light pink, occur prolifically from September to April, strongly perfumed.
Diagnosis:
Thought to be hybrid between Grevillea sericea and G.
linearifolia. The flowers are appear to be superficially similar to G.
sericea however this species does not have a strong perfume. The main
feature of G. ‘Honey Jo’ is the strong perfume.
Philotheca myoporoides 'Winter Rouge'
Bushy shrub to about 1.5 metres high by a similar width.
Leaves to 1 cm wide by 5 cm long.
Flowers: late winter to spring, pink buds opening to white flowers approximately 2 cm in diameter. The underside of the petals displays a diffuse pink colouration, predominantly on the midrib.
Foliage colour: deep green
Comparators: the closest known comparator is Philotheca myoporoides 'Profusion'.
Reasons for distinctiveness:
Philotheca myoporoides 'Winter Rouge' differs notably from Philotheca myoporoides 'Profusion' by the presence of distinctive pink buds and the generally smaller stature.
Leptospermum polygalifolium 'Coastal Carpet'
A dense prostrate form of Leptospermum polygalifolium which
grows up 30cms tall by 3 metres in diameter. Leaves dark green and features
pink/red new growth. Flowers white 10mm in diameter and profuse in
September.
Diagnosis/comparators:
Leptospermum polygalifolium is usually a large shrub
or small tree. The closest cultivar is Leptospermum ‘Pacific Beauty’ which
is a low spreading shrub 1-1.5 metres x 2-3 metres. There are no other
registered or known prostrate forms of this species to compare with.
RHS Colour Chart 1995:
N/A
CULTIVATION:Leptospermum polygalifolium ‘Coastal Carpet’ has been in
cultivation since 2004.
Grevillea 'Starfire'
Grevillea 'Starfire' grows into a bushy shrub 2.5m tall and
1.5m wide. The foliage is dark green on the upper surface and the lower
surface is covered in closely appressed silvery hairs which give a silvery
appearance. The leaves are compound and are about 29cm long and 24cm wide.
The midrib of each leaf is prominent, raised on the lower surface and a
contrasting yellow green on the lower surface. The inflorescences are
cylindrical racemes 15-16cm long and about 8cm across. Flowers are produced
throughout the year but are most prolific from November to April. On
opening the flowers are a coppery brown but this colour quickly changes to
a bright red. The styles are a contrasting pink with yellow stigmas.
Diagnosis:
Grevillea 'Starfire' resembles both its parents. G. 'Honey Gem'
has greyed yellow lobes with yellow styles, G. 'Starfire' has dark red
lobes with pink styles, and G. 'Starflame' has red lobes with red styles.
Grevillea 'Starflame'
Grevillea 'Starflame' grows into a slender shrub 2m tall and
1m wide. The foliage and inflorescences are the same as for Grevillea
'Starfire'. Flowering is sporadic but most prolific in spring. The flowers
are bright flame red with red styles.
Diagnosis:
Grevillea 'Starflame' is very much like both its parent G
.'Honey Gem' and another G. 'Honey Gem' seedling, G. 'Starfire'. The main
difference between the three is flower colour. G. 'Honey Gem' has greyed
yellow lobes with yellow styles, G. 'Starflame' has red lobes with red
styles, and G. 'Starfire' has dark red lobes with pink styles.
Grevillea 'Misty Pink'
This cultivar grows to plus/minus 2.5m tall by 1.5m wide. It
reaches these dimensions at 3.5 years of age. The habit of the cultivar
closely resembles that of one of its parents, G. banksii. The leaves of
this cultivar are plus/minus 18cm long by 17-18 cm wide at their widest
point. They resemble the leaves of both parents fairly closely. The
individual lobes of the leaf have the more pungent tips of G. sessilis.
The stems are slightly angular being intermediate between the angular stems
of G. sessilis and the round stems of G. banksii. The flowers are borne in
a raceme 10-11cm long by plus/minus 6cm wide. They are a soft pink with
orange styles and are found all year round. The individual flowers are
plus/minus 35mm long to the tip of the stigma and packed densely into the
raceme. The inflorescence is wider than those of G. sessilis and
approximately the same as G. banksii. Individual flowers are the same size
as for G. banksii but differ in colour.