Ceratopetalum gummiferum 'Christmas Snow'
Diagnosis:
C. 'Christmas Snow' differ from other known forms of the species
in the variegation of its leaves. The variegation i is of the "blotched"
variety, with irregular patches of cream varying from 3-5% of leaf surface.
Some minor variegation also occurs; these are pale greyish green patches
and are not strongly discernable.
Grevillea 'Woori Wanderer'
This is a prostrate form spreading to 2.5m. The foliage is
dense, new growth is reddish in colour. The flowers are red. Flowering is
October /December and again in March.
Diagnosis:
The leaf shape is the same as G.laurifolia and in the same
proportions while it also retains the reddish new growth of that species.
However, ' Woori Wanderer' also has foliage similar to G. x gaudichaudi
interspersed among the laurifolia-like leaves.
Correa 'Candy Pink'
Correa 'Candy Pink' grows into a dense, rounded shrub to 1m
tall by 1m wide. The leaves are ovate to elliptical in shape, appear
glabrous above but actually have a sparse covering of short stellate hairs,
and are densely hairy below. The new growth is also coated with rusty brown
stellate hairs. The flowers are very similar in shape and size to C. alba,
and the corolla is split the same as in C. alba. The corolla colour is a
dull pink in colour.
Diagnosis:
The flowers of Correa 'Candy Pink' immediately show that C. alba
is one of the parents. The leaves are more elliptical and therefore unlike
the oval leaves of C. alba. The flower colour is similar to but lighter
than Correa 'Dusky Bells' which is a cross between C. reflexa and C.
pulchella. It is difficult to determine this however and therefore further
comparison is not undertaken.
Callistemon 'Pink Sensation'
An open small tree to 3m high by 1.5m across in 4 years. The
bark is soft, grey and fissured, splitting to reveal papery bark beneath.
The leaves are narrowly elliptical to 60mm long by 5mm wide. The new growth
is light yellow green. The deep pink flowers are borne in very crowded
spikes to 80mm long by 45mm diameter. The anthers are yellow. Flowers are
seen in spring, summer and autumn and the spring flowers tend to be longer
than those borne at other times.
Diagnosis:
Differs from C. 'Glasshouse Gem' in having:
* light yellow green new growth
* more crowded flower spikes
* darker pink flowers
Differs from C. 'Glasshouse Country' and C. 'Glasshouse Beauty' in having:
* larger flowers
* darker pink flowers
Leptospermum 'Pink Cascade'
This cultivar is a low, spreading dense shrub growing to 0.5m
tall with a spread of 1-1.5m. The branchlets have an arching habit. The
leaves are 17-18 mm long by 2-3mm wide and dark green in colour. The new
growth is bright red. The flowers are borne in dense masses along the
stems, opening a light pink colour and fading as they age to white. They
are 15-20mm diameter. The main flowering periods are spring and autumn,
with some flowers found all year round.
Diagnosis:
Leptospermum 'Pink Cascade' can be distinguished by its low
growing form, arched branching habit and the dark green colour of its
foliage.
Boronia pinnata 'Spring White'
This cultivar is very floriferous, bearing clear white flowers
plus/minus 1.3cm in diameter. All other features of the cultivar are as for
B. pinnata.
Philotheca 'Poorinda'
Eriostemon 'Poorinda' grows to 1.5m tall and about .8m across.
The branches are glabrous, verrucose, and of medium density. The leaves are obovate with a broadly obtuse apex and about 4cm long and 1.2cm wide. The lower surface is dotted with numerous small glandular verrucosities.
The inflorescence is an axillary pedunculae cluster of up to four flowers, each cluster measuring about 1.8cm across. The buds are bright pink opening to white with a pale pink tinge where the colour shows through. Flowering occurs from spring to summer. It has been in cultivation since 1965.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar attains a height intermediate between P. verrucose (0.3-.6m) and P. myoporoides (up to 2m). The leaves are in the shorter range of P. myoporoides which can be from 1.5-11cm long and they are much larger than P. verrucosa which has leaves up to 1.5cm.
Philotheca 'Poorinda' is much less prominent than P. myoporoides. The flowers are in larger clusters than P. verrucosa where they are usually solitary but they are fewer than for P. myoporoides which may have 4-6 flowers per cluster. The petals are pink in bud and white when open like those of P. verrucose but a little longer, being closer in size to P. myoporoides.
Xerochrysum bracteatum 'Princess of Wales'
This cultivar grows into a compact, dense shrub 0.6m tall by
0.6m wide. The leaves are mostly glabrous though the midrib is covered with
a fine mantle of silky hairs. Some scattered silky hairs occur also along
the leaf margins. The younger stems are covered in a dense coat of similar
silky hairs which diminish as the stems become older. The leaves average
between 5 and 9cm in length. The flower heads average 5 to 1.5cm long while
the rays of the inner bracts average 1 to 1.5cm long. Both are a rich gold
in colour. The stigmas are orange colour when they emerge. The flowers are
on long stems that emerge well above the foliage. The flowering season in
Canberra is from October to April but occasional flowers may be found all
year round. The flowering period should not be markedly different in other
parts of Australia.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar may be distinguished from the presumed parent
forms by the following features. The cultivar has the perennial habit of
Xerochrysum 'Dargan Hill Monarch' but lacks the greyish appearance provided
by the fine silky hairs. This perennial habit differs from the annual habit
of the other presumed parent form. The main distinguishing characteristic
is in the cultivar's flowering habit. As flowers die the stem withers and
the whole flower stem and dead flowerheads disappear into the lower foliage
of the plant. At the same time new growth emerges from lower on the plant
and extends above the foliage again. These new stems then bear new
inflorescences. The cultivar is also very free flowering.
Other notes:
The free flowering habit together with the growth habit of
"hiding" the spent flower heads make this a very desirable plant for
cultivation. The cultivar is named in honour of her Royal Highness the
Princess of Wales on the occasion of her visit to the Australian National
Botanic Gardens on 7 November 1985. The cultivar is frost hardy and
moderately drought hardy. The cultivar must be propagated by vegetative
means to preserve the cultivar form.
Correa glabra var. glabra 'Coliban River'
This cultivar forms a small dense shrub to 1.2 x 1.2 m. All
other features are as for the species. The flowers are pale green and borne
in May to August.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar was selected for its small dense habit. The usual
form of the species is normally upright to spreading and 2-3m tall.
Grevillea 'Goldrush'
This cultivar is a small shrub to 0.8m tall by up to 1m wide.
It flowers in winter with yellow to pinkish flowers and a red style, though
the colours are subdued. The foliage is superficially like Grevillea
'Austraflora McDonald Park'
Diagnosis:
Grevillea 'Goldrush' is readily distinguished by the flower
colour. The flower colour is more subdued than Grevillea 'Austraflora
McDonald Park'. Grevillea 'Goldrush' is similar in flower to Grevillea
alpina 'Grampians Gold' but can be distinguished by the red style compared
with the yellow style of G. alpina 'Grampians Gold'. The yellow-green colouration of the stigmatic plate extends along theback of the stigma for about 4mm.