Correa reflexa var. speciosa 'Carmen'
Plant size: 400mm (h) x 300mm (w) Flowers: Deep red (carmine with yellow tip) Flower size: 38mm long x 15mm diameter Flowering time: April-July Form: Moderately dense
Correa reflexa var. speciosa 'Carmen' has similar flower to C. 'Red Empress' which come from the Brisbane Ranges but the flower is larger and more tapered. Its leaves are light green heart shaped 26mm x 17mm recurved edges. It is the size and shape of the flower that distinguishes it from all others. Anthers just exserted, calyx is semi spherical. Frost hardiness: Medium
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
Eremophila bignoniiflora 'Meringur Midnight'
Open shrub, 5m (h) x 2m (w)
Flowers:
Dark purple, 35mm x 10mm, from Aug-Oct
Foliage colour: mid green
Comparators:
Eremophila bignoniiflora, E. viscida
Reasons for distinctiveness:
Thought to be a hybrid between Eremophila
bignoniiflora and E. viscida. Eremophila bignoniiflora ‘Meringur Midnight’
has been selected for its large dark purple flowers and is a more compact
shrub than other forms of Eremophila bignoniiflora.
Eremophila bignoniiflora 'Meringur Midnight'
Open shrub, 5m (h) x 2m (w)
Flowers:
Dark purple, 35mm x 10mm, from Aug-Oct
Foliage colour: mid green
Comparators:
Eremophila bignoniiflora, E. viscida
Reasons for distinctiveness:
Thought to be a hybrid between Eremophila
bignoniiflora and E. viscida. Eremophila bignoniiflora ‘Meringur Midnight’
has been selected for its large dark purple flowers and is a more compact
shrub than other forms of Eremophila bignoniiflora.
Grevillea 'Apricot Tingle'
Shrub 30cm (h) x 1–1.5m (w)
Flowers:
Spring–summer, apricot; conflorescence 35mm x 25mm
Foliage colour:
Green
Comparators:
Grevillea ‘New Blood’ and Grevillea juniperina Tinga form.
Reasons for distinctiveness:
This selection has prolific orange flowers and
low spreading growth 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
Correa reflexa var. reflexa 'Mary's Choice'
Note:
Received as C. 'Anglesea' Mary D. White.
Erect shrub to ca. 1 m x 1.5 m with an open habit. Branchlets
highly tomentose with rust-coloured stellate hairs becoming brown and
glabrous with age. Leaves simple, oblong-cordate leaves, 25mm x 9mm,
shortly petiolate. Leaf apices obtuse, leaf bases subcordate, venation
reticulate, entire margins with white-coloured stellate hairs. Upper
surfaces of mature leaves dark green and scabridulous. Upper surfaces of
young leaves pale green and finely tomentose with white-coloured stellate
hairs. Lower surfaces of leaves minutely densely tomentose with white
stellate hairs and becoming rust coloured and more concentrated on the
veins and margins. Peduncles axillary, calyx hemispherical with 4 minute
teeth, 4 mm high, fawn coloured with scattered rust-coloured stellate
hairs. Corolla cylindrical 35 mm x 9 mm, deep red graduating to pale green
at tips, which are barely reflexed and covered with a fine tomentum of
red-coloured stellate hairs becoming white- and tan-coloured at tips.
Anthers shortly exerted, narrow oblong and obtuse. Peak flowering is from
June to October in most districts.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar conforms to descriptions for C. reflexa var.
reflexa by Wilson (1998). The rich-red flower colour and floriferous habit
are the distinguishing features of this selection from the wild. Correa
'Mary's Choice' has been widely cultivated in Australian gardens for many
years.
Citrus australasica 'Judy's Everbearing'
Tall shrub or small tree to a maximum of 3-4 metres high by 2
– 3 metres wide with dense foliage. Axillary spines solitary, straight to
25mm long. Leaves are simple, obovate to elliptic, glabrous. Flowers white
(with pink buds) approximately 10-15mm in diameter. Fruit a cylindrical
berry, 4-8 cms long, 15-25mm in diameter.
Diagnosis:
C. ‘Judy’s Everbearing’ is a tall growing selection which bears
fruit all year round.
Correa 'Summer Belle'
Small dense spreading shrub growing to 1 m x 1 m with shiny
foliage. Mature leaves opposite, 30 mm x 11 mm in size, elliptical, apex
acute, margin slightly irregular and tending to recurve, dark glossy green,
slightly scabrous and glabrous on top, regularly pitted with sparsely
scattered pale coloured stellate hairs on the margins. Underside of leaves
paler green, densely covered with minute tan coloured stellate hairs.
Petiole 4mm, light green, thickly covered with tan coloured stellate hairs.
Calyx 4.5 mm x 6 mm, tan coloured, square shaped, with minute calyx teeth
present, covered with numerous small tan coloured stellate hairs becoming
sparser towards the corolla. Pedicel 3 mm. Corolla 33 mm x 8 mm, rose pink
colour to the split covered with numerous small rose coloured stellate
hairs. Petal tips pale green covered with pale green stellate hairs grading
to tan and becoming denser at the tip. Underside of corolla tips pale green
and glabrous then changing to a pink throat. Stamens 8, strongly exerted
from the corolla, 38 mm long, filaments very fine and pale green, strongly
widened towards the base. Anthers bright yellow, 3 mm long. Style 33 mm
long. Peak flowering is in summer and continues through to winter.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar resembles C. glabra var turnbullii in foliage.
Leaves are glossy green and aromatic when crushed. Differs from C. ‘ Mt
Barker Beauty ’ which has shorter flowers and a green calyx. The flowers of
C. ‘ Mt Barker Beauty ’ are also darker red and green and the colour change
from red to green occurs further up the corolla from the split. Mature
leaves of C. ‘ Mt Barker Beauty ’ are longer and wider. Differs from other
C.glabra var turnbullii varieties which have much shorter, narrower and
paler pink flowers with highly exerted stamens. Calyx of C.glabra var
turnbullii is green rather than tan and mature leaves are longer. The
flowers of C. ‘Summer Belle’ are larger than the usual C. glabra var
turnbullii varieties.
Banksia paludosa 'Little Pal'
Distinctive characters and diagnosis:
Banksia paludosa is a low spreading shrub 0.5-1.5m in diameter with small flowers 5-10cm long x 3-4cms in
diameter. Banksia 'Little Pal' is a dwarf or low-growing selection.
Flower colour:Buff yellow
Habit/description: Moderately dense, small shrub
Plant size: 0.5m (h) x 1.2m (w)
Flower size: 150mm long x 60mm diameter
Flowering time: Feb-June
Leaves (Foliage colour): Deep green
Frost hardiness: High
Years in cultivation: Introduced to the wholesale nursery industry in February 2004.
Has the cultivar been tested? This selection has remained consistent in form since collecting around 1995 and through successive propagation seasons, at various localities especially at my original property at
Hoddles Creek Victoria.