Callistemon 'Starlight'
A large rounded shrub to 4m high x 4m across; leaves to 5cm x
1.5 cm, lanceolate, glabrous when mature, ending in short slightly pungent
point; flower spikes to 10cm x 6 cm, white, terminal, usually solitary.
Flowering late spring and summer.
Diagnosis:
Callistemon ‘Starlight’ differs from ‘Reeve's Pink’ in flower
colour. It is much larger than either C. ‘Clearview White’ (sprawling
habit) or C. viminalis ‘Wilderness White’ (weeping form).
Callistemon citrinus 'White Anzac'
This cultivar is a sprawling shrub to 1m tall by 3m across.
The leaves are about 6cm long by 1cm wide and are lanceolate in shape. The
flowers are a pure white, often in inflorescence clusters of three, aging
to a creamy white. The inflorescences are from 10 to 15cm long by 6cm in
diameter. The flowering season is from November to January.
Diagnosis:
C. citrinus varies markedly both in size and flower colour in
natural populations. Callistemon 'White Anzac' can be distinguished by its
low sprawling habit and white flowers. While examining this cultivar,
another similar C. citrinus cultivar was found - Callistemon 'Moonbeam'.
Callistemon 'Moonbeam' was submitted to ACRA by Mr W Cane of
Maffra,Victoria, in April 1964. In later correspondence (February 1978). Mr
Cane remembers "collecting a white flowered C. citrinus near Anzac Cove, it
was a low growing form and came into the trade after it left me as C.
citrinus 'Anzac'". The specimen of Callistemon 'Moonbeam' clearly indicates
in Mr Canes's handwriting that it was collected near a large hospital on
Anzac Cove. Specimens and descriptions of both these cultivars match very
closely and it is highly likely that they are the same clonal material.
Even if they are not, the form and flower colour warrant being regarded as
the same cultivar. Therefore, any material being grown under the names C
'Anzac', C. citrinus 'Anzac', C 'Moonbeam' or C. citrinus 'Moonbeam' should
now be known as Callistemon 'White Anzac'. It would be normal practice to
use the original name of Callistemon 'Moonbeam' but this name does not
appear to be widely accepted or used to any degree. Callistemon 'White
Anzac' has been widely marketed under that name, therefore Article 46 of
the Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants has been instigated. This
Article allows the retention of the name in common usage if the use of a
previous name would lead to confusion.
Comparators:
C. citrinus 'Moonbeam' ACRA Accession Number 030 (CBG
068898).
Callistemon 'Mauve Mist'
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 50mm
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. The
clusters are often produced in bunches. Individual "bottlebrushes"are
pinkish mauve and about 70mm long by about 50mm wide. The stamens are the
colourful part of the flower. It is reported that this cultivar will flower
as late as Christmas.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different from Callistemon 'Reeve's Pink' in
flower colour. Callistemon 'Mauve Mist' has pinkish-mauve "brushes"
compared with pink for Callistemon 'Reeve's Pink'.
Callistemon pallidus 'Candle Glow'
Callistemon 'Candle Glow' is a prostrate form of Callistemon
pallidus. This cultivar grows to 100mm tall by plus/minus 2.5m across. All
other botanical details of the cultivar are as for C. pallidus.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is readily distinguished from the rest of C.
pallidus by its prostrate habit.
Callistemon 'Firebrand'
This cultivar grows to plus/minus 60cm by 2.5m in width, thus
making it basically prostrate in habit. The cultivar is multibranched with
many branches having a prostrate habit. Some branches are semi-ascendant
but then weep towards the ground. The other foliage characteristics are as
for C. citrinus. Flowering is profuse and the inflorescences are plus/minus
9cm long by 4cm in diameter. The flowering season is from early November to
late December in Melbourne. The flowers are a rich crimson-pink in colour,
the other characteristics ar as for C. citrinus.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar differs form normal forms of C. citrinus in its
semi-prostrate habit.
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'.
Melaleuca linariifolia 'Little Red'
Small shrub to around 1m with red new growth and white flowers in Summer.
Callistemon viminalis 'Wollumbin'
The three year old shrub is about 2m high with a spread of
about 1m. The leaves are up to 60mm long by up to 9mm wide. The flowers are
produced in dense 'bottlebrush' clusters. Individual 'bottlebrushes' are
salmon coloured and about 35mm long by about 40mm wide. The stamens are the
colourful parts of the flower. It is stated that this cultivar has a short
flowering period of 7-12 days, however it flowers in spring and again at
the end of January.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different from other known forms of C.
viminalis in its salmon coloured flowers instead of the usual red.
Brachyscome multifida var. multifida 'Evan'
This cultivar is a bushy perennial form with a cushion-like
habit 100-150mm tall by up to 400mm across. The flowers are mauve, ca 12mm
in diameter and occur from spring to autumn. The general morphology of the
plant is as for B.multifida though is smaller in all dimensions.
Diagnosis:
B. 'Evan' has flowers more similar in colour to B. multifida
var dilatata 'Breakoday'. The flowers though are much smaller, being ca.
12mm for 'Evan' and 20mm for 'Breakoday'. This is an immediate
distinguishing characteristic. The foliage also is much reduced in size.
B. multifida varies in flower colour and leaf variations and this cultivar
was selected for its distinct characteristics of compact size and flower
colour.
Brachyscome 'Valencia'
Habit: This cultivar is a moderately dense, lowspreading
perennial, 20cm tall by up to 75cm wide. Leaves:
Dark Green and deeply
divided and lobed, and up to 4cm long by 2cm wide. The lobes have rounded
apices. Flowers:
The ray florets are mauve in colour while the disk florets
are yellow. The diameter of the flowerhead is ca. 4cm. The flowers are
found all year round where tested in Queensland, with flower during the
winter months being larger than during other seasons of the year. Flowering
stems are erect and up to 15cm long.
Diagnosis:
Brachyscome angustifolia var. heterophylla:
Habit: Prostrate to ascending
perennial 10-30cm tall, spreading by means of rhizomes. Leaves:
Light
green, lobed, 3-5cm long by 2cm wide but variable. Leaves are clustered at
the base of stems decreasing in size higher on the stems. The lobe apices
are moderately pointed. Flowers:
Ray florets blue, pink or mauve. Disk
florets yellow. Flower head diameter 1.5-2cm. Flowering intermittent but
more profuse in Autumn. Flowers are terminal on short leafless stalks.
Brachyscome segmentosa:
Habit: Robust perennial 30-40cm tall by30-40cm wide
with self-layering habit. Leaves:
Bright green, lobed 3-7cm long by 1-2cm
wide. Lobes deep and subdivided at apex. Leaves form rosette and are
scattered up the stems. Flowers:
Ray florets white, disc florets yellow.
Corolla diameter 2.5-4cm. Flowers found intermittently all year in
cultivation. Flowers terminal on scapes 20cm tall.
The leaves are intermediate between the suspected parent species.
Brachsycome 'Valencia' leaves are larger than those of B. segmentosa.