Callistemon citrinus 'Demesne Rowena'
This cultivar grows to 1.5m tall by 1.5m wide. It has a fairly
open habit. The flowers open to a deep red and lighten as they age to a
deep pink. Other features of the plant are as for C. citrinus.
Diagnosis:
The cultivar is another very attractive colour variant of C.
citrinus. The flower colour changing from red to deep pink is a very
distinctive feature of the cultivar as compared to the deep crimson of C
'Splendens' and the white flowers of C. 'White Anzac'.
Callistemon citrinus 'Splendens'
Note:
Formerly Callistemon 'Endeavour'
A rounded, compact shrub to 2m high by 2m across sometimes
taller in ideal conditions. Leaves are lanceolate elliptical, 90mm long by
20mm wide. They young growth which emerges from the flower spike is pinkish
and slightly hairy. The mature leaves are glabrous. The brilliant red
flowers are borne prolifically in spikes to 12cm long by 7cm diameter. They
are at their peak in late spring but are seen in other seasons in temperate
areas.
Diagnosis:
The cultivar may be distinguished from other forms of C.
citrinus by its very large, well displayed flower spikes and its compact
habit.
SYNONYMS:C. citrinus var. splendens; C. citrinus 'Endeavour'; C. 'Endeavour'
Callistemon 'Kempsey'
This cultivar is a tall erect shrub to 4m tall by up to 2m
across. The bark is semi-papery. The leaves are narrow lanceolate and 65mm
long by 6mm wide. The flowers are a bright red in colour and are borne in
densely packed terminal racemes in spring and summer.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is more erect than either of the parent species.
The flowers are also held more erect and larger than the parent species.
The new leaf growth is not red.
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.
Correa pulchella 'Little Cate'
Correa pulchella ‘Little Cate’ is a moderately dense,
spreading evergreen shrub which has grown to approximately 60cm high by 1m
wide after 3 years in cultivation. Leaves are generally ovate to broad
ovate, of variable size but up to 25mm long by 17mm wide. Flowers are a
uniform bright pink. The corolla tube is 25mm long x 8mm wide. The flowers
are profuse and prominently displayed, contrasting well with the dark
foliage, and flowering continues for a long period. Peak flowering time is
between April and July.
Diagnosis:
Thought to be a hybrid between two forms of Correa pulchella (a
small leaved upright orange form and C. ‘Pink Mist’). C. ‘Little Cate’
differs from C. ‘Pink Mist’ in the colour of the flowers, which are a
deeper/brighter pink and in its more spreading growth habit. The growth
habit seems to be similar to C. ‘Dusky Bells’, however C. ‘Little Cate’ can
easily be distinguished by its leaves which are darker green, thicker, and
generally shorter and wider than those of C. ‘Dusky Bells’. The flowers of
C. ‘Little Cate’ are also more prominently displayed and less concealed by
the foliage.
Callistemon 'Country Sprite'
Fairly loose, open shrub to 4-5m tall. The new growth is
coppery pink. The leaves are narrowly elliptic to narrow-oblanceolate,
42-64mm long, and 6-9mm wide. The leaf stalk is 1-1.7mm long, margins
slightly recurved (on herbarium specimens at least); reticulate venation
clearly visible. Flower spike moderately open to relatively dense, ca. 35mm
wide. Stamens ca. 44-50, ca. 15mm long, pink at the tip, pale at the base.
Anthers yellow. Style exceeding stamens, pale green. Fruit not seen.
Flowering period mostly spring and late summer.
Diagnosis:
Differs from C. 'Glasshouse Country' in:
flowers redder and larger
darker leaf colour of older leaves
larger leaves
prominent pale green styles
Differs from C. recurvus in:
pale flower colour with stamens pale at base
paler, longer and wider leaves
leaves with less recurved margins (at least in dry specimens)
As with C. 'Tin-Sal Glow' there is a superficial resemblance to pink forms
of C. seiberi (syn. C. palludosus). However, the pale bases to the stamens
and slightly recurved leaf margins of C. 'Country Sprite' are distinct.
Grevillea 'Peaches and Cream'
Moderately dense spreading shrub 1.5m in diameter with large cream pink/red terminal racemes for most of the year. Diagnosis:The grouping characteristics used to identify the most similar varieties of common knowledge were – Leaf: margin pinnatisect. Inflorescence: position terminal, form cylindrical. Flower colour: intensifying from cream before anthesis, to pink or red after anthesis. On the basis of these grouping characteristics the following varieties were chosen as comparators: ‘Ned Kelly’ and ‘Superb’. ‘Robyn Gordon’ was also considered for its similar parentage but later excluded as it has red flowers and the early stage colours do not include cream.
Brachychiton 'Griffith Pink'
This cultivar will grow from 9 to 10m tall. The mature leaves
have prominent lobes and are maple like in shape. Mature leaves are up to
12cm broad at their widest point and are distinctly veined. The flowers,
found from approximately November to March, are pink in colour and very
conspicuous. They are slightly hairy, with the hairs being a light rusty
brown colour. The underside of the calyx is mottled with white.
Diagnosis:
Brachychiton 'Griffith Pink' differs from Brachychiton
'Jerilderie Red', a similar cultivar in that the flowers are larger and a
deeper colour and the leaves are lobed. The leaves of Brachychiton
'Griffith Pink' are smaller than B. discolour.
Callistemon 'Firebrand'
This cultivar grows to plus/minus 60cm by 2.5m in width, thus
making it basically prostrate in habit. The cultivar is multibranched with
many branches having a prostrate habit. Some branches are semi-ascendant
but then weep towards the ground. The other foliage characteristics are as
for C. citrinus. Flowering is profuse and the inflorescences are plus/minus
9cm long by 4cm in diameter. The flowering season is from early November to
late December in Melbourne. The flowers are a rich crimson-pink in colour,
the other characteristics ar as for C. citrinus.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar differs form normal forms of C. citrinus in its
semi-prostrate habit.
Correa 'Pink Delight'
Prostrate shrub to c. 40 cm x 2-3 m with a moderately dense
habit. Branchlets and stems green, glabrous with occasional rust-coloured
stellate hairs. Simple cordate leaves, 28 mm x 14 mm, with obvious pattern
of oil glands, petioles 6 mm. Leaf apices obtuse, leaf bases oblique,
venation reticulate, margins entire. Upper surfaces of mature leaves dark
green and glabrous. Upper surfaces of young leaves glabrous with occasional
rust-coloured stellate hairs. Lower surfaces pale green, glabrous with
occasional white stellate hairs and scattered rust-coloured stellate hairs.
Corolla cylindrical 40 mm x 15 mm, pale pink with cream tips. Peak
flowering is from May to July in most districts.
Diagnosis:
The glabrous leaves of this cultivar conform to descriptions for
C. pulchella by Wilson (1998). The flower is larger than Wilson's range for
C. pulchella and the cream tips are an unusual variation. C. pulchella
flowers tend to have only one colour from calyx to tip rather than two.
There may be some affinity with C backhouseana in this seedling. The
cultivar flower is distinctive because of its size which is larger than
most C. pulchella flowers and because of its colour which is different from
other C. pulchella hybrids, e.g., 'Dusky Bells', 'Pink Mist', 'Mannii'. It
differs from C. 'Firebird' in flower size and colour, in size of plant and
growth habit and in leaf shape and tomentum.