Grevillea 'Peaches and Cream'
Moderately dense spreading shrub 1.5m in diameter with large cream pink/red terminal racemes for most of the year. Diagnosis:The grouping characteristics used to identify the most similar varieties of common knowledge were – Leaf: margin pinnatisect. Inflorescence: position terminal, form cylindrical. Flower colour: intensifying from cream before anthesis, to pink or red after anthesis. On the basis of these grouping characteristics the following varieties were chosen as comparators: ‘Ned Kelly’ and ‘Superb’. ‘Robyn Gordon’ was also considered for its similar parentage but later excluded as it has red flowers and the early stage colours do not include cream.
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.
Grevillea rosmarinifolia 'H16'
Compact shrub 0.8m(h) x 0.8m(w) with terminal red flowers in Winter.
Grevillea 'Sunkissed Waters'
Brightly coloured, variegated ground cover plant. Like ‘Poorinda Royal Mantle’, it has a very low and even profile (below 10 cms) and its red flowers are borne on one-sided (toothbrush-like) racemes. Flowering is from early autumn to late spring with spot flowers throughout the year.
Grevillea 'Sunkissed Waters'
Brightly coloured, variegated ground cover plant. Like ‘Poorinda Royal Mantle’, it has a very low and even profile (below 10 cms) and its red flowers are borne on one-sided (toothbrush-like) racemes. Flowering is from early autumn to late spring with spot flowers throughout the year.
Grevillea 'Poorinda Leane'
It is said this cultivar will reach a height of about 4m and
has a spreading habit. Leaves are dark glossy green on the upper surface
whilst the underside is covered with silky white hairs. Each leaf is up to
4cm long and about 4mm wide and is pungent. Leaf edges are rolled under.
Flowers are buff to apricot and produced in terminal clusters on short
branchlets. Each flower is about 1.5 - 2cm long, styles are red and up to
2.5cm in length.Although this cultivar is similar to G. 'Poorinda Queen',
it can be distinguished from it by the longer leaves, its flower colour and
its spreading habit.
Grevillea 'Poorinda Miriam'
This cultivar is a tall, dense spreading shrub that grows +
3m high by +4m across. The leaves are deeply lobed and are + 115mm long by
25mm wide at the widest point. The individual lobes are pungent and 2-3mm
wid. The upper surface of the leaves are light green while the underside is
covered with dense silky hairs . The leaf edges are rolled under. The
flowers are of the 'toothbrush'type and are borne in the leaf axils. The
perianth is red and 5mm long whilst the prominent light pink styles are
25mm long with a yellow green stigma. The receptacle is slightly villous,
and the peduncle is covered with light brown hairs.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar differs fron G. 'Poorinda Blondie' in that its
leaves are more deeply divided and are only half as wide, and the flowers
are a much deeper red in colour.
Grevillea 'Poorinda Rachel'
The leaves are entire and are about 30mm long by about 5mm
wide. The upper leaf surface is shiny green whilst the underside is grey
and covered with silky hairs. The leaf edges are rolled under. The flowers
are formed into clusters and are borne teminally on short branchlets. The
perianth is buff coloured and about 13mm long and the pink styles are about
18mm long. The hybrid is sterile.
Grevillea 'Poorinda Regina'
It is a dense, spreading shrub growing to a height of about 3m.
The leaves are deeply lobed and are about 150mm long and about
40mm wide. Individual lobes are up to 6mm wide at their widest point and
pungent. Occasionally entire lobes are produced. The upper leaf surface is
shiny green whilst the underside is densely covered in silky hairs. The
leaves are lighter green than most of the other "toothbrush" Grevilleas.
The flowers are of the "toothbrush" type and are borne along the stem in
the leaf axils. Occasionally they are borne on the stem opposite leaf axil.
Diagnosis:
The perianth is deep red and about 8mm long and the styles are
about 25mm long. This cultivar is different from its stated parent in
flower colour. G. 'Poorinda Regina' has a bright pink to cerise inner
perianth and an orange style while G. 'Poorinda Blondie' has a deep purple
inner perianth and yellow style.