Grevillea 'Robert's Ripper'
Bushy shrub to c 1m x 1.5m. Flowers: Pendulous sub-terminal
showy toothbrush racemes, deflexed below the line of the branches in a
massed display around the perimeter of the plant. Foliage:
Leaves 6-7.5 cm
long, 6.5-8 cm wide, obovate in outline, secund, divided 3-4 times, usually
with trisect secondary division; primary leaf lobes 3-7, ultimate lobes
2-2.5 cm long, 1mm wide, ascending, linear-acerose, stiff; apices of lobes
acute, mucro sharp, pungent; upper surface flat to slightly convex, green,
subshiny; lower surface packed with short curly white hairs in the grooves,
the midvein glabrous, green.
Flower:
Comparators:
Grevillea calliantha, which differs in its deep
burgundy-black and dull orange flowers, and less rigid, less prickly
leaves. Grevillea 'Carrington Cross', which differs in its large, spreading
habit, and its translucent pinky-mauve and grey flowers.
Reasons for distinctiveness:
Low, compact spreading habit, with showy pink
toothbrush flowers prominently displayed at the ends of the branches for
many months of the year.
Correa glabra var. turnbullii 'Barossa Gold'
Upright dense shrub growing to 1.5 m x 1.5 m with glossy mid
green foliage turning gold which makes this a highly ornamental plant. It
is not a variegated form as the whole leaf turns gold when the variety is
planted in the open. Leaves are elliptical, glabrous on both sides, glossy
on top growing up to 45 mm x 18 mm with obtuse tips and on very short
petioles. Leaves when crushed have a fruity smell. Flowers occur singly or
in pairs on short 4 mm pedicels at the end of short lateral branchlets. The
corolla is 24 mm long x 7 mm wide, crimson up to where the petal tips split
then grading to a pale green on the tips which are barely recurved. The
corolla bulges slightly just below the calyx. Stamens are strongly exerted.
Petal tips and filaments become pink with age. Calyx is cup-shaped, green
and glabrous, 4 mm x 5 mm in size. Peak flowering is from Autumn to Winter
but flowering may be spasmodic throughout the year.
Diagnosis:
This variety differs from other forms of C. glabra var
turnbullii in the golden foliage. It is the only form which has this
variation.
Veronica 'Monty's Blue'
Woody herb to c. 1m high; stems several or many from a large
woody rootstock, mostly erect and some flopping over.
Flowers:
In terminal racemes, 40–100, deep violet blue, Spring–Summer
Foliage:
Leaves lanceolate, mostly to 60mm long, apex acute, margins
serrate.
Comparators:
Veronica arenaria has linear and entire or with a few teeth or
with spreading irregular linear lobes and bright violet-blue flowers.
Veronica derwentiana usually has large lanceolate serrate leaves and
flowers white or pale lilac or pale blue
Reasons for distinctiveness:
A vigorous showy selection with the deep
violet blue flower spikes similar to V. arenaria and leaves similar to V.
derwentiana.
Grevillea 'Honey Jo'
A moderately dense, compact medium shrub 2 metres high by 1.5
metres wide. Leaves linear, up to 50mm long by 3mm wide, apex acute, light
green above. Flowers 25mm in diameter, grading from deep pink at base to
light pink, occur prolifically from September to April, strongly perfumed.
Diagnosis:
Thought to be hybrid between Grevillea sericea and G.
linearifolia. The flowers are appear to be superficially similar to G.
sericea however this species does not have a strong perfume. The main
feature of G. ‘Honey Jo’ is the strong perfume.
Philotheca myoporoides 'Winter Rouge'
Bushy shrub to about 1.5 metres high by a similar width.
Leaves to 1 cm wide by 5 cm long.
Flowers: late winter to spring, pink buds opening to white flowers approximately 2 cm in diameter. The underside of the petals displays a diffuse pink colouration, predominantly on the midrib.
Foliage colour: deep green
Comparators: the closest known comparator is Philotheca myoporoides 'Profusion'.
Reasons for distinctiveness:
Philotheca myoporoides 'Winter Rouge' differs notably from Philotheca myoporoides 'Profusion' by the presence of distinctive pink buds and the generally smaller stature.
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.
Anigozanthos 'Autumn Sunrise'
Stems to ca. 1.75m tall, panicle plumose, slightly villous.
Flowers on pedicels to ca. 6mm long; the wool plumose, dense with red tinge
on the ovary, becoming more yellow green and less dense towards the lobes.
Perianth tube to ca. 4cm long, scabrous inside, hairs longer towards the
base, some with stellate tips immediately above the ovary; lobes to ca. 1cm
long, silvery plumose inside. Anthers oblong-linear, more or less the same
length as filaments, the connective tipped with a gland like appendage.
Ovules 2-6 per locule. The flowering season is November in Western
Australia.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar differs from A. flavidus in having a broader but
shorter perianth tube which tapers gradually from the base to the end of
the tube and the corolla lobes are reflexed. The flower stem is less
branched than A. flavidus and the leaves are broader and less upright. Both
the anthers and the filaments are much longer than A. flavidus, and the
anthers are light green whereas in A. flavidus they are always orange.
Anigozanthos 'Autumn Sunrise' differs from A. pulcherrimus in having
generally broader leaves which are lighter green and more upright. The
perianth tube is longer than A. pulcherrimus and broader, but there are
less flowers per branch. Anthers and filaments are similar in colour and
shape but larger than A. pulcherrimus.
Anigozanthos 'Bush Glow'
This cultivar has flower scapes that reach 0.7m tall. The
individual flowers are a greenish-yellow. The flowers are covered with deep
red coloured hairs that give an orange appearance to the flowers.
Diagnosis:
A. humilis:
Small clumps 100mm wide by 100-500mm tall (flower scape).
Leaves 10mm wide by 200mm long; margins hairy, leaf surface hairy to
glabrous. Flower stems to 500mm; covered in wooly hairs; stems sometimes
branched. Flowers are tubular to 50mm long; covered in short hairs;
perianth lobes turned back; cream, yellow, orange pink or red in colour.
A. 'Bush Glow':
Leaves to 7mm wide by 400mm long; glabrous. Flower stems to
700mm tall, branched. Flowers tubular, 35-40mm long, perianth lobes
partially recurved, perianth greenish-yellow and densely covered with deep
red hairs, becoming short and sparse on the lower stem and red to red-black
in colour.
A. flavidus:
Clumps to 1m across and up to 2m tall. Leaves are 20-40mm wide
by up to 1m long; glabrous. Flower stem up to 2m; glabrous where branching
starts; flowers tubular, 30-40mm long, perianth lobes not curved back, red,
orange, pink,yellow or green in colour.
Callistemon 'Western Glory'
Grows 2-3 m wide by 2-4 m high as a medium upright shrub.
Leaves are 4-7 cm by 1cm lanceolate ending in sharp point, leathery
prominent central and marginal nerves, young growth covered in long hairs,
glabrous when mature. Flower spikes to 12 cm by 5 cm, mauve red terminal,
often in clusters densely arranged.
Diagnosis:
With close affinities to Callistemon citrinus, this cultivar is
said to be similar to C. 'Red Clusters' but flower spikes are 2 to 4 cm
longer and 1 cm wider. The flower colour is red-mauve to pink against red
in C. 'Red Clusters'.