Kunzea 'Badja Carpet'
It is a dense prostrate plant spreading up to 4m and reaching
a height of 600mm. The dark green leaves are small being up to 7mm long by
3mm wide. New stems are dark red in colour. The white flowers are produced
terminally in small clusters on short branchlets. New growth originates
from the centre of the flower cluster.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different form the known normal forms of
Kunzea capitata in its prostrate habit and white flowers. Kunzea capitata
is usually an erect or rounded shrub to1.5m in height with mauve flowers.
Melaleuca 'Ballarkona'
Large open shrub to 5m in diameter with linear, crowded, dark
green leaves and flowerheads on lateral growths usually 80-100mm long x
30mm in diameter, cream.
Diagnosis:
Melaleuca 'Ballarkona' may be a hybrid with one parent likely to
be M. armillaris. At around 5 metres in diameter M. 'Ballarkona' has the
appearance of a smaller form of M. armillaris which generally grows to
between 4-10 metres high by 2-8 metres in diameter. The smaller growth
habit is combined with much larger flowers which are produced prolifically
in spring mostly between 80-100 mm x 30 mm in diameter as opposed to the
standard M. armillaris flowers which are approximately 30-60mm x 20-25mm in
diameter.
Philotheca verrucosa 'J. Semmens'
This cultivar grows to 0.6m tall by 0.6m wide and its foliage
is often sparse. The flowers are 15mm to 25mm across and consist of three
layers of petals which surround petaloid stamens. The flowering season is
August to October. All other characteristics of the cultivar are as for P.
verrucosa.
Diagnosis:
The cultivar can be easily distinguished from the usual form of
P. verrucosa by the multi-petalled flowers.
Diagnosis:
Other multi-petalled forms of P. verrucosa have been recorded,
but material is not available for examination for difference. Written
descriptions of the various forms appear similiar.
Grevillea 'Poorinda Golden Lyre'
Leaves have a dark upper surface whilst the underside is covered with dense silky hairs. Individual leaves are approximately 3cm long and up to 1.2cm wide. The edges ar e rolled under. Flower clusters are
borne terminally on short laterals. Perianth tube and limb is a rich yellow in colour and up to 2cm in length. Style is red and up to about 2cm in length. The flowers are said to be sterile.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is distinguished from its parents in that it falls
intermediate between them in both size of leaf and flower.
Babingtonia pluriflora 'White Cascade'
This cultivar is a low spreading shrub to 0.5 metres tall by
up to 1.5 metres wide. The branchlets are pendulous and the new growth is
an attractive coppery colour. The flowers are borne in the summer and
autumn months.
Diagnosis:
Baeckea 'Wirreanda White Cascade' was selected initially because
of its different flowering time and pendulous flowers. The fact that it
flowers in autumn as well as summer was noted after the original selection.
There are other forms of Baeckea virgata already registered as cultivars
B. 'Howie's Sweet Midget' being a smaller cultivar with a more compact
habit and much smaller and finer foliage. B. 'Howie's Feathertips' also has
finer foliage but grows to a similar size than B. 'Wirreanda White
Cascade'. The latter also flowers in autumn different from the former two
cultivars.
Leptospermum polygalifolium 'Coastal Carpet'
A dense prostrate form of Leptospermum polygalifolium which
grows up 30cms tall by 3 metres in diameter. Leaves dark green and features
pink/red new growth. Flowers white 10mm in diameter and profuse in
September.
Diagnosis/comparators:
Leptospermum polygalifolium is usually a large shrub
or small tree. The closest cultivar is Leptospermum ‘Pacific Beauty’ which
is a low spreading shrub 1-1.5 metres x 2-3 metres. There are no other
registered or known prostrate forms of this species to compare with.
RHS Colour Chart 1995:
N/A
CULTIVATION:Leptospermum polygalifolium ‘Coastal Carpet’ has been in
cultivation since 2004.
Callistemon 'Burgundy'
This cultivar forms a dense shrub to a height of about 3m with
an equal or slightly wider spread. The leaves are entire and about 45mm
long by about 8mm wide. The new tip growth is pink and densely covered with
silky hairs. The flowers are produced in dense "bottlebrush" clusters.
These clusters are often produced in bunches. Individual "bottlebrushes"
are very dark red fading to deep purple-violet with age. They are about
90mm long by about 45mm wide. The stamens are the colourful parts of the
flower
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different from Callistemon 'Reeve's Pink' and
Callistemon 'Mauve Mist' in flower colour. Callistemon 'Burgundy' has very
dark red "brushes" compared with pink for Callistemon 'Reeve's Pink' and
pinkish mauve for Callistemon 'Mauve Mist'.
Boronia muelleri 'Sunset Serenade'
This cultivar grows to about 1m tall by up to 1m wide. It is a
dense bush and very floriferous. The main flowering season is from August
to December though occasional flowers are found throughout the year. The
flowers are up to 10mm across and are pink in colour.
Diagnosis:
B. muelleri 'Sunset Serenade' can be distinguished from other
forms of B. muelleri by its smaller stature, denser habit and greater
floriferousness.
Grevillea 'Lyn Parry'
This cultivar grows to ca. 1.3m tall by 1m across. The leaves
are from 15mm to 35mm long, occasional silky hairs above and densely silky
tomentose below. The leaves are lanceolate with an apiculate apex. The leaf
margins are rolled under. The older branches have a very scattered covering
of small, silky hairs while the younger branchlets are densely covered with
rusty brown hairs. The peduncles and buds are covered in appressed silky
hairs that are rusty reddish in colour. The perianth is approximately 6mm
long and a dull pink in colour. The style is a dull red. The ovary and
inside of the perianth are covered with dense, long, silky hairs. The
flower racemes are terminal and umbel-like. The cultivar bears occasional
flowers all year with the main flowering period being spring.
Diagnosis:
The hybrid origin of this cultivar is very obvious upon closer
examination.
Comparators:
G. buxifolia CBG 7807709; G. sericea CBG 057389.
Grevillea 'Waverley Ghost'
This cultivar is a dense, bushy shrub 0.6 m to 1m tall. and
from 1.5 to 2m wide.The shrub has irregularly variegated foliage with
occasional marginal variegation to complete marginal variegation and
complete leaf variegation. The flowers are pink in colour.
Diagnosis:
The flowers appear to be somewhat fewer in number when compared
to the parent. The flower colour is also slightly different. The flowers of
Grevillea 'Poorinda Constance' are described as a clear red (perianth red
group 50A, style red group 46C) whereas Grevillea 'Waverley Ghost' is a
pink (red group 48D). The ultimate height of the cultivars differs also,
with Grevillea 'Poorinda Constance' growing between 2 and 4m tall and is,
however, grown mainly for its variegated foliage like Grevillea 'Golden
Sparkle',which it resembles in variegation.Grevillea 'Golden Sparkle'
differs in having orange-red flowers and in growing to about 1.6m tall.
Grevillea 'Waverley Ghost' appears to be denser and more vigorous than
Grevillea 'Golden Sparkle' when grown in Canberra, though more time is
needed to assess this factor.
Other notes:
Grevillea 'Waverley Ghost', while mainly grown for its
variegated foliage, also looks attractive in flower with the pink of the
flowers contrasting well with the yellowish-green foliage. Propagation by
vegetative means is the only way to preserve the cultivar form. The
variegation of this cultivar has proved to be very stable. The cultivar is
drought resistant and frost hardy and has proved adaptable to a variety of
soil conditions.