Grevillea 'Spider Mist'
Compact shrub, 2.0m (h) x 2.0m (w)
Flowers:
Perianth: Red; stamens: yellow; conflorescence 40mm x 60mm; from
July-Sept
Foliage colour:
Grey/green
Comparators:
Grevillea arenaria, Grevillea ‘Fireworks’
Reasons for distinctiveness:
Grevillea ‘Spider Mist’ is a medium compact
shrub with leaves and form similar to G. arenaria but the flowers are more
like those of G. ‘Fireworks’. Grevillea ‘Fireworks’ is a small upright
shrub to one metre.
Correa 'Ian Fardon'
Large spreading dense shrub with upright habit to 1.5 m x 2 m.
It has long ascendant stems. Leaves are on short petioles, dark green,
lanceolate, shiny, glabrous, leathery and convex on top, pale green and
velvety with tiny rusty stellate hairs underneath and having obtuse tips.
28 mm x 8 mm in size. It has the typical aromatic smell of leaves in the C.
glabra group. The ends of young branches are rusty tomentose. Flowers on
short pedicels occur singly at the ends of short branchlets. The pedicels
also have a pair of deciduous bracts. The corolla, which is 2.2 cm x 0.8 cm
in size, is reddish pink with mid green tips and a band of purplish green
in between. The tips are barely recurved. Stamens are exerted. The calyx is
green and cup-shaped with minute teeth. The calyx folds over maturing seed.
Peak flowering is from Summer to Winter with spasmodic flowering most of
year.
Diagnosis:
It appears to be a garden hybrid with C. glabra var turnbullii
and C. reflexa as possible parents. This variety differs from C. glabra var
turnbullii, in that the leaves are smaller and narrower and have some rusty
tomentum on the underside. The flowers appear to be longer and have a band
of a third colour on the corolla. It still has the characteristic aromatic
smell of C. glabra varieties and the flower colour is similar to other C.
glabra var turnbullii forms.
Hardenbergia violaceae 'Mystic Marvel'
a ground cover or climber with bicoloured mauve/white fls in spring
Crowea exalata 'Symphony'
‘Symphony’ is a small, rounded, evergreen shrub producing a lengthy display of attractive, pink, star-shaped flowers. Flowering from late summer through to winter, this hardy shrub tolerates both cold and dry conditions. ‘Symphony’ grows to approx. 75cm high and wide and will perform well in full sun or part shade. A delight to the eye.
Hardenbergia violacea 'Regent'
A hardy, upright shrub growing to approx. 1 metre tall & 75cm across. It has large leathery leaves that stand out from the stems and is covered with upright bunches of purple pea-shaped flowers in spring.
Hardenbergia violacea 'Regent'
A hardy, upright shrub growing to approx. 1 metre tall & 75cm across. It has large leathery leaves that stand out from the stems and is covered with upright bunches of purple pea-shaped flowers in spring.
Hardenbergia violacea 'Sweet Heart'
Vigorous dense groundcover, 200mm high x 5 metres in diameter
Hardenbergia violacea 'Sweet Heart'
Vigorous dense groundcover, 200mm high x 5 metres in diameter
Correa 'Peter Sutton'
Correa ‘Peter Sutton’ is a small spreading shrub growing 75cm high x one metre across. This plant has prolific pink bell-shaped flowers that occur from autumn until winter. Named in honor of Peter Sutton, Gardener, Plantsman and role model to horticulturist in the Canberra region.
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.