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.
Boronia 'Carousel'
This cultivar is a moderately dense upright shrub, growing
from 1-4 metres tall, but usually is 2m tall by 1.5m wide. The foliage is a
very dark green. The flowers occur in mid spring (late October to early
November in Sydney), are pink in colour aging to a deep red. The petals
last for a long period.
Diagnosis:
Boronia 'Carousel':
An upright shrub 1-4 metres tall by 1.5m wide. Leaves
pinnate to 35mm long, leaflets to 10mm long, dark green and mainly glabrous
(some scattered hairs along main vein). Flowers bell shaped, ca. 8mm long,
solitary, petals bright pink aging to deep red. Flowers October-November.
Boronia heterophylla (Red or Kalgan Boronia):
An upright, bushy shrub to 3m
tall by 2m wide though usually smaller and narrower. Leaves pinnate or
simple to 50mm long, leaflets to 30mm long, dark green and glabrous.
Flowers bell shaped, ca. 10mm long, solitary, petals reddish-pink and fade
as they age, slightly fragrant. Flowers can be found between
August-November.
Boronia molloyae (Tall Boronia):
An upright to spreading shrub 1-4m tall by
1-2m wide. Leaves pinnate, 20-50mm long, dark green and hairy, aromatic.
Flowers bell like, ca. 5mm long, solitary, pinkish-red, not fading with
age. Flowers October-January
The main characteristics of importance are the length of time the flowers
are held and the retention of the colour of the flowers as they age.
Boronia 'Tyalge Ruby'
Small shrub. Leaves strongly fragrant (citronella), 7-11
lobed, to 2.5cm long. Leaflets 8 - 10 mm long, oil glands on upper surface,
small hairs (sparse) on margins. Flowers usually 4 petals, 4 stamens and 4
carpels but occasionally 5 petals, 9 stamens and 5 carpels.
Diagnosis:
Boronia 'Tyalge Ruby' differs from B. muellerii by having
smaller but strongly fragrant leaves, like B. citriodora. It differs from
B. pilosa in having fragrant leaves. It has smaller leaves than B.
citriodora and B. pinnata. It has larger leaves than B. citrata and B.
'Sunset Serenade' but is also more fragrant than the latter.
Boronia pilosa 'Rose Blossom'
This cultivar grows to 0.6m tall by 0.6m wide and is very
dense. The flowers are double and deep pink in colour. The flowering period
is from late winter to spring in Melbourne.
Diagnosis:
The cultivar can be distinguished by the double flowers and its
noticeably denser growth habit.
Brachychiton 'Griffith Pink'
This cultivar will grow from 9 to 10m tall. The mature leaves
have prominent lobes and are maple like in shape. Mature leaves are up to
12cm broad at their widest point and are distinctly veined. The flowers,
found from approximately November to March, are pink in colour and very
conspicuous. They are slightly hairy, with the hairs being a light rusty
brown colour. The underside of the calyx is mottled with white.
Diagnosis:
Brachychiton 'Griffith Pink' differs from Brachychiton
'Jerilderie Red', a similar cultivar in that the flowers are larger and a
deeper colour and the leaves are lobed. The leaves of Brachychiton
'Griffith Pink' are smaller than B. discolour.
Brachychiton 'Jerilderie Red'
This cultivar is a tree ca. 9m tall by 6.5m wide. The canopy
is dense. The leaves vary somewhat in size but have the long, slender
petiole. They are a dull green in colour. The leaves are simple, lanceolate
with an acuminate apex (1). The flower panicles are densely packed with
dull red flowers. When in bud the calyx is covered in brownish stellate
hairs which gradually diminish as the flower ages. The calyx is mottled red
and white on the inside. Flowers are found during the summer months.
Diagnosis:
The venation of the leaves is very similar to that of B.
acerifolius with the ends of the lateral veins dividing and curved along
the leaf margins. Leaves are generally intermediate in size between those
of the parents. The leaf apices are long and acuminate compared to the more
acute apex of B. acerifolius. The petioles are long and slender as in B.
populneus. The calyx is a dull red covered with stellate hairs when young,
gradually diminishing as the flowers age. The bright red calyx of B.
acerifolius is glabrous while the cream calyx of B. populneus is pubescent
outside. The fruits are from 6 to 8cm long while mature fruits of B.
acerifolius are ca. 12cm long and 4 to 7cm long in B. populneus. The
general morphology of the cultivar is as for B. populneus.
Brachyscome multifida 'Breakoday'
This cultivar grows to ca.200m tall by up to 800m wide. The
heads are a deep mauve in colour and up to 20mm across.
Diagnosis:
B. 'Breakoday' has a more compact habit and heads with deeper
coloured ray flowers than the more usual form of the species. It is also
immediately distinct because of its darker and broader leaf lobes.
Xerochrysum bracteatum 'Cockatoo'
This cultivar forms a bush that is compact and very dense and grows to plus/minus 1m tall x plus/minus 1m wide. The leaves are covered with fine hairs which gives them a greyish bloom. They are oblanceolate in shape and vary from 6 to 12cm in length. The stems are also covered in fine
hairs. The inflorescence is large, averaging 7cm in diameter. The ray florets are very numerous and are plus/minus 21.5cm long. They are a light lemon yellow in colour, with odd flowers showing mottled ray florets of a deeper yellow colour. The disc florets are a golden orange. The flowers are
displayed well on long stems held some 12-15cm above the foliage. The flowering period is spread over spring, summer and autumn but some flowers are found all year round.
Diagnosis:
The cultivar differs from its parents in the colour of its inflorescence and the size and shape of the shrub. Its perennial habit is the same as for both parents.
Xerochrysum bracteatum 'Barleythorpe'
This cultivar grows into a dense shrub plus/minus 60cm tall by
up to 1m wide. The leaves are similar in size and shape to X. 'Dargan Hill
Monarch' but lack the dense tomentum of that cultivar. The inflorescence is
much the same size as X. 'Dargan Hill Monarch', being some 7-9cm in
diameter. X. 'Barleythorpe' has inner involucral bracts that are narrower
and more numerous than in B. 'Dargan Hill Monarch'. The inflorescence is
golden yellow in colour and the flowering season extends from spring to
autumn.
Diagnosis:
Xerochrysum 'Barleythorpe' can be distinguished from B. 'Dargan
Hill Monarch' by the more numerous and narrower inner involucral bracts and
the less tomentose leaves.
Comparators:
Xerochrysum 'Dargan Hill Monarch' CBG 8006644.