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'.
Grevillea 'Tirari Blaze'
Description Small-Medium Shrub
Plant size: 1.5m (h) x 2.0m (w) Flower colour: Red Leaves:Dark green Flower size: 40 - 80mm long x 60mm wide Flowering time: Summer-Autumn Frost hardiness: High
Has the cultivar been tested: Has been tested extensively in SA and Victoria since 2001.
Note:
The Grevillea Study Group reports that it has also been sold under
the name G. trueriana 'Rosy Opal’ by another nursery.
G. 'Tirari Blaze' has much larger, redder flowers
and softer foliage than G. trueriana. G. ‘Tirari Blaze' has more compact,
redder terminal flowers and more compact habit than G. 'Long John'.
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'
Crowea 'Festival'
This cultivar is a small, dense shrub that grows to
approximately 1m high by 1m wide. The flowers are star shaped, deep pink in
colour and plus/minus 20mm in diameter. It flowers from November to March
in Sydney with occasional flowers being found at other times of the year.
The leaves are 30-40mm long by plus/minus 4mm wide and narrow elliptical to
elliptical in shape. Leaf margins are entire.
Diagnosis:
Crowea 'Festival' can be distinguished from C. saligna as the
leaves, even though of a similar shape to C. saligna, are smaller. C.
saligna and Crowea 'Festival' have narrow elliptical to elliptical leaves
30-40mm long by plus/minus 4mm wide. C. saligna has very distinct angular
branches, to the point of being "winged". C. exalata has just discernable
angular branches. C. 'Festival' has branches similar to C. exalata. Colour
forms similar to this cultivar can be found in both C. exalata and C.
saligna. However, propagation of these species can be difficult at times.
Crowea 'Festival' propagates readily in a few weeks, giving a good
percentage strike. This cultivar must be grown by vegetative means to
preserve the form. It readily accepts heavy pruning and is a good
cutflower.
Comparators:
C. exalata NBG 002905; C. saligna NBG 008963; NBG
0022782; NBG 009372; NBG 023972
Callistemon 'Cinderella'
The cultivar grows to 3.5m tall by 2.5m wide. The
inflorescence is ca. 7cm long by 5.5cm wide and musk pink, fading rather
quickly to a silver pink. The anthers are greeny yellow.
Diagnosis:
Callistemon 'Cinderella' has been confused with C. 'Reeve's
Pink'. C. 'Cinderella' can be distinguished by its green yellow anthers
which contrast with those of C. 'Reeves Pink' which are black. The
filaments are also very different, C. 'Reeve's Pink', being much paler. The
inflorescence is marginally wider than those for C. Reeve's Pink'. C.
'Cinderella' appears to be closely related to C. citrinus. However, the
anthers of C. citrinus are black while those of the cultivar are green
yellow.
Grevillea 'Fire Sprite'
A large spreading shrub to c. 3m x 5m with a mid-dense habit
and infertile inflorescences.
Branchlets bronze with dense matted hairs, becoming grey with a shiny waxy
layer with age, striate, erect to slightly spreading.
Leaves normally pinnately divided, occasionally simple, to 25cm long and to
18cm wide. Leaf lobes to 17cm long and to 8mm wide. Upper surface dark
green with scattered deciduous appressed white hairs mostly shed with age.
Lower surface with a mixture of white and bronze appressed hairs either
side of a bronze-haired midvein.
Flowers in a simple to branched erect cylindrical conflorescence on a short
peduncle. Floral rachis bronze with matted hairs, average length 7cm.
Flowers burnt red. Perianth 12mm long (average) x 8mm wide, yellow-green at
the base, becoming orange then pinky-red to deep burnt red at the top of
the curve, lightly covered on the outer surface with a mixture of bronze
and white appressed hairs which become dense and bronze on the limb. Inner
surface with scattered erect white hairs particularly in lower third. Limb
bronze, obtuse, revolute. Pistil to 46mm, style to 36mm, burgundy-red with
spreading long white hairs in lower half. Style end same colour as style.
Ovary with dense spreading white hairs, stipitate above a large, markedly
oblique torus. Flowers during June to October, with scattered flowers for
remainder of year.
Diagnosis:
Foliage has broader lobes than G. longistyla, but finer than G.
venusta. Flowers are a unique deep burnt red and orange/green unlike either
of its parents.
Grevillea 'Poorinda Ben'
This cultivar grows into an upright, large shrub ca. 3m tall
by ca. 2m wide. The leaves are ca. 16cm long by 3cm wide; glabrous above
with clearly distinguished, light coloured veins. The leaves are generally
deeply divided to within 1-2mm of the midrib. Each lobe is tipped with a
pungent point. The stems are angular, particularly on the new growth. The
inflorescences are 4-5cm long and of the toothbrush type. They are borne on
short axillary stems at the ends of the branches. Individual flowers are
ca. 2.5cm long. The perianth parts are covered with fine brown hairs giving
the flowers an overall brownish appearance. The styles are red with green
tips. The flowering season is from spring through summer.
Diagnosis:
This culitivar differs from G. 'Poorinda Peter' and G.
longifolia in the following ways.
1.Flowers differ in colour with G. 'Poorinda Ben' being more pinkish
than the purplish colour of G. 'Poorinda Peter'
2.Leaves are more deeply lobed than G. longifolia but not as deeply
lobed as G. 'Poorinda Peter'.
3.New stems are angular as in G. 'Poorinda Peter' but more angular than
G. longifolia.
4.Growth habit is more erect.
Comments:
Whilst showing some minor differences the cultivar does not
appear superior to either G. longifolia or G. 'Poorinda Peter'. This
cultivar should be reproduced vegetatively to retain the cultivar form.
Comparators:
Grevillea 'Poorinda Peter' CBG 068676 (ACRA Acc. No.
082); Grevillea longifolia CBG 037845.
Callistemon 'Hannah's Child'
Shrub 1.5 x 4m high. Produces scarlet flowers (9 to 12cm x 6
to 8 cm) from March to may and again in October/November. Young specimens
are similar to Callistemon 'Hannah Ray', mature specimens are more like
Callistemon 'Kings Park Special'. Its main distinguishing feature is its
ability to flower at a much earlier age than either parent, and is very
floriferous. New growth is pale yellow/green and covered with silky hairs.
Mature leaves become glaucous.
Diagnosis:
Differs from both parents in its ability to flower when very
young (less than 12 months, 140mm pots). Denser flowers than 'Hannah Ray'.
Only 2/3 rds height of 'Hannah Ray'.
Grevillea 'Green Glow'
Note:
Originally Grevillea 'Wakiti Strata'
This cultivar is a low spreading shrub to 1m tall and up to
2.5m across. The branches are long and arching, spreading outwards in
horizontal layers.The leaves are deeply divided and similar in shape to the
foliage of G. x gaudichaudii. The largest leaves are 6cm long by 4cm wide
at the widest point. Each leaf lobe ends with a pungent point. The racemes
are between 6 and 8cm long and terminal on branches and branchlets. The
flowers are pale claret in colour and produced during the spring and summer
months.
Diagnosis:
Grevillea 'Green Glow' differs from G. x gaudichaudii by its
more upright habit but does not grow as high as G. tetragonoloba. The
flowers of the cultivar differ from both parents. While the leaves more
closely resemble those of G. x gaudichaudii, they are smaller in overall
size and are a much brighter green. A similar cultivar from the same hybrid
cross, Grevillea 'Wakiti Gem', differs in its prostrate and compact habit.
Other notes:
The cultivar must be grown by vegetative means
to ensure its features are retained.
Lomandra fluviatilis 'ABU7'
Narrow leaved compact form of Lomandra which grows to 45-55 cm high x 50 cm wide with blue grey tones and yellow flowers borne above the foliage.