Anigozanthos 'Red Cross'
This cultivar is a vigorous plant with flowering scapes to
1.6m tall. The flowering stems are multi-branched, thin and tend to spread
as broad as they are high. Up to 7600 individual flowers have been recorded
for a mature plant of the cultivar, and they are a rich burgundy in colour.
This colour is produced by the dense covering of plumose hairs on the
flowers and much of the flowering stem, fading in colour and intensity as
they reach lower down the stem. The flowers have a bright yellow green
patch of colour near the pedicel. Individual flowers are up to 30cm long by
ca. 8mm wide at the widest point of the corolla. The corolla tube is
terminated by six perianth lobes which taper to a point. These lobes are
reflexed when the flower is fully opened. Inside the perianth segments are
yellow green as are the stamens. The stamens are more or less as long as
the perianth tube. Leaf like bracts occur frequently on the flowering stem
and regularly reach 30cm long. The foliage is also vigorous with leaves
from 36 to 60cm long by 10 to 40mm wide.
Diagnosis:
Anigozanthos 'Red Cross' shows the vigour and longevity of A.
flavidus. The flowers have the rich colouring of A. rufus. The cultivar is
larger than the maternal parent but does not reach the proportions of a
well-grown plant of A. flavidus. The anthers are yellow green as are those
of all the A. flavidus hybrids, the orange anthers of A. flavidus being
recessive.There are two other cultivars that arise from this cross,
Anigozanthos 'Harmony' and Anigozanthos 'Unity'. The quickest and easiest
distinguishing feature is that Anigozanthos 'Red Cross' has a very distinct
yellow patch at the base of the flower. Anigozanthos 'Velvet Harmony' is a
much deeper colour while Anigozanthos 'Unity' has larger flowers, to 40mm
long as compared to 30mm for A. 'Red Cross'.
Anigozanthos 'Dwarf Delight'
This cultivar is a compact plant with much branched flower
stems to .8m tall. The flowering stems are covered with plumose hairs.
These hairs are sparsely scattered at the base of the stem and around the
leaf-like bracts on the stem. The hairs are reddish in colour. The perianth
segments of the flower are green-yellow but appear apricot when seen
through the reddish hairs. These two colours contrast well. The leaves are
up to 25cm long by 1cm wide.
Diagnosis:
Anigozanthos 'Dwarf delight', which grows to 0.8m tall, is
midway in height between the ca. 0.3m of A. onycis and ca. 2m of A.
flavidus. The flowering stems of the cultivar are sparsely covered with
plumose hairs for much of their length, becoming dense towards the
individual flowers. The flowering stems of the cultivar are sparsely
covered with plumose hairs for much of their length, becoming dense towards
the individual flowers. A. onycis, is covered in dense, plumose hairs for
the full length of the flower spike while A. flavidus has them only on the
perianth segments of the flower and for a short distance below on the stem.
The majority of the stem in this species is glabrous. The leaf-like bracts
on the stem are the size of A. onycis. The flowers are intermediate in size
between those of the two parents.
Anigozanthos 'Mini Red'
It is a perennial rosetted herb growing to a height of
approximately 600mm. The leaves are green, long and narrow being about
300mm long and about 8mm wide. The flowers are produced in compact,
branched terminal clusters. Individual flowers are red and about 35-40mm in
length.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different from other known forms of
Anigozanthos flavidus in its small, compact habit and dense flower
clusters.
Anigozanthos 'Patricia'
Note:
Received as A. 'Mister X', possibly also known as 'Mini-X'
Leaves glossy green to 20 cm long; inflorescence to 0.6 m tall
and branched between 4 and 10 times, lower stem green and sparsely covered
with red hairs, becoming denser closer to the flowers giving red brown
colour; individual flowers to 4 cm long, overall colour effect a dull brown
but a brighter red at the base of unopened perianth tube; flowering season
September - November in W.A.
DIAGNOSIS:
Anigozanthos 'Patricia' to 0.6 m tall; flowers appear dull red/brown
individual flowers ca. 4cm long;inflorescence branches 4 - 10 times
Anigozanthos 'Unity' to 1.5 m tall; dark red flowers; tube ca. 4 cm long;
inflorescence branches 20 - 30 times.
Anigozanthos 'Red Cross'to 1.6 m tall; flowers burgundy with yellow patch
at base of perianth; individual flowers ca. 3 cm long
Anigozanthos 'Pink Joey', another wild selection, differs from other known
forms of this species in its small stature and pale purplish pink flowers.
It attains a height of only 50 cm and has somewhat narrow leaves 16 - 33 cm
long and 0.4 - 0.6 cm broad; the much branched panicle is 20 cm long and
many flowered.
Callistemon 'Harkness'
The leaves are entire and up to 130mm long by up to 12mm wide.
The flowers are produced in long dense "bottlebrush" clusters. These
clusters are produced in bunches of up to 11 "brushes". Individual
"bottlebrushes" are red and up to 150mm long by about 55mm wide. The
stamens are the colourful parts of the flower.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different from other Callistemon cultivars in
its long dense and clustered red inflorescences.
Anigozanthos 'Autumn Mystery'
The flowering stems are up to 1m tall with sparse stellate
hairs towards the base, becoming woolly and plumose towards the flowers.
The flowers are in simple terminal racemes, on pedicels to ca. 5mm long.
The hairs are plumose and woolly, having red tips with yellow bases over
the ovary changing to yellow tips with red bases toward the perianth lobes.
The anthers are linear and more or less the same length as the filaments,
the connective tipped with a gland like appendage. The ovules are numerous.
The flowering season is the spring months.
Diagnosis:
The flowers of Anigozanthos 'Autumn Mystery' are longer than for
A. flavidus but shorter than A. manglesii. They attain a similar shape and
width to A. manglesii with a less prominent ovary than A. flavidus. The
base of the perianth tube is red on the ovary but doesn't immediately
become green above like A. manglesii. Instead, the hairs are mixed red with
a greater portion of yellow green hairs the colour of those on A. flavidus
. Anigozanthos 'Space Age' is a cultivar resulting from the same hybrid
cross and has somewhat taller stature and indistinctly larger flowers than
Anigoizanthos 'Autumn Mystery' (perianth tube ca. 60mm versus ca. 52mm).
The flowers of Anigozanthos 'Space Age' are wholly deep red, but those of
Anigozanthos 'Autumn Mystery' appear yellow to brown with touches of red.
Anigozanthos 'Early Spring'
This cultivar has flowering stems to about 1.1m tall, mostly
glabrous with a covering of dark purple tomentose hairs. The flowers are on
terminal branchlets which are divaricately branched. The flowers have
pedicels to about 4mm long. The wool on the flowers is dark red, plumose
over the whole surface with occasional yellow green hair giving them a
slightly dusty appearance. The perianth tube is around 45mm long, glabrous
inside and minutely scabrous dotted below the middle. The perianth loves
are about 10mm long with dense woolly yellow green and sometimes orange
plumose hairs inside. The anthers ar shorter than the filaments, the
connective tipped with a reduced gland like appendage. The ovules are about
6 per locule.
Diagnosis:
The flowers of Anigozanthos 'Early Spring' have the colouring of
A. rufus. They are similar in length to A. flavidus but broader than A.
flavidus or A. viridis and not as broad as A. rufus. The bracts are
narrower and less hairy than A. rufus but broader than those in A. flavidus
. The stems are more hairy than A. rufus. The leaves are much broader and
not as long as A. viridis. The ovary is less prominent than in A. flavidus
. Anigozanthos 'Early Spring' does not grow as tall as A. rufus.
Grevillea 'Merinda Gordon'
This cultivar is an upright shrub 3m tall by 2m across. The
leaves are 2.5 to 3cm long by ca. 2.5cm wide at the widest point. The
leaves are stiff and leathery with the midrib of the leaf being strongly
curved (reflexed). The leaves have a dentate margin with pungent points on
each lobe. The venation is prominent, being yellow green in colour. The
veins stand out from the leaf surface on the underside. The flowers are a
rich pink to red. The style and pedicel are covered with a dense coat of
silky hairs and there are scattered hairs on the perianth segments. The
main flowering season is late winter to early spring though is also
sporadic with flowers often appearing after rain.
Diagnosis:
The leaves of Grevillea 'Merinda Gordon' resemble those of G.
insignis though they are smaller in size. G. insignis leaves are about
5.5cm long by 3cm wide at the widest point though are variable. They are
roughly ovate and undulate with dentate margins surrounded by a pungent
tip. The leaves of the cultivar are more crowded on the stems than in G.
insignis. G. asteriscosa has much smaller, almost sessile leaves that are
deeply trifid and have pungent lobes. The stems of G. insignis are glabrous
with a mealy bloom while Grevillea 'Merinda Gordon' is glabrous without the
mealy bloom. G. asteriscosa has hairy stems. The flowers of the cultivar
are intermediate in size between the parent species, smaller than G.
insignis but larger than G. asteriscosa. The style is glabrous in G.
insignis except near the base while the styles of both G. asteriscosa and
the cultivar are hairy.
Chamelaucium uncinatum 'Lullfitz Selection'
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is similiar to other forms of C. uncinatum but it
can be readily distinguished by its early flowering habit which starts in
June in Western Australia and finishes when the other forms are at their
peak in August/September. The flowers are of average size, being ca. 15mm
in diameter , opening a fresh pink with almost a brown tinge and deepening
with age to dark pink.The small petals recurve as they age.
Grevillea 'Superb'
This cultivar is a shrub of medium density, growing to plus/minus 1m tall by 1-2m wide. The foliage is very similar to G. 'Robyn Gordon' (a cross with the same parent species) and it is virtually impossible to distinguish between them. The inflorescence can measure plus/minus 15cm long by plus/minus 9cm wide. The individual flowers are moderately densely packed on the raceme and completely encircle the rachis. Individual flowers measure 4.5 to 5cm long. The pedicel and perianth are also covered in dense, closely appressed hairs. The style appears glabrous but does have scattered, very short, silky hairs. The inflorescences are borne teminally. The buds are dark in colour before opening. The inflorescences are very similar to G. 'Robyn Gordon' except in colouration. The flowers are salmon in colour with the perianth changing to red as they
age. The styles are red with yellow tips.
Diagnosis:
Vegetatively this cultivar is very similar to G. 'Robyn Gordon'. The difference is in the flower colour as described above.