Correa reflexa var. speciosa 'Carmen'
Plant size: 400mm (h) x 300mm (w) Flowers: Deep red (carmine with yellow tip) Flower size: 38mm long x 15mm diameter Flowering time: April-July Form: Moderately dense
Correa reflexa var. speciosa 'Carmen' has similar flower to C. 'Red Empress' which come from the Brisbane Ranges but the flower is larger and more tapered. Its leaves are light green heart shaped 26mm x 17mm recurved edges. It is the size and shape of the flower that distinguishes it from all others. Anthers just exserted, calyx is semi spherical. Frost hardiness: Medium
Grevillea 'Katydid'
Distinguished from G.pinnatifida by its deeply
twice divided fine foliage, its larger spreading habit and from G.
batracheoides by its slightly coarse leaves larger flowers.
Comparators:
Grevillea bipinnatifida (Chittering Valley), G. batracheoides
Habit/description:
Small-medium spreading shrub
Size:
1.5m H x 3m W
Flower colour:Orange and pink
Flower size:
fl. 54mm; conflorescence 114mm
Flowering time:
Aug-Jun
Eremophila bignoniiflora 'Meringur Midnight'
Open shrub, 5m (h) x 2m (w)
Flowers:
Dark purple, 35mm x 10mm, from Aug-Oct
Foliage colour: mid green
Comparators:
Eremophila bignoniiflora, E. viscida
Reasons for distinctiveness:
Thought to be a hybrid between Eremophila
bignoniiflora and E. viscida. Eremophila bignoniiflora ‘Meringur Midnight’
has been selected for its large dark purple flowers and is a more compact
shrub than other forms of Eremophila bignoniiflora.
Eremophila bignoniiflora 'Meringur Midnight'
Open shrub, 5m (h) x 2m (w)
Flowers:
Dark purple, 35mm x 10mm, from Aug-Oct
Foliage colour: mid green
Comparators:
Eremophila bignoniiflora, E. viscida
Reasons for distinctiveness:
Thought to be a hybrid between Eremophila
bignoniiflora and E. viscida. Eremophila bignoniiflora ‘Meringur Midnight’
has been selected for its large dark purple flowers and is a more compact
shrub than other forms of Eremophila bignoniiflora.
Grevillea 'Apricot Tingle'
Shrub 30cm (h) x 1–1.5m (w)
Flowers:
Spring–summer, apricot; conflorescence 35mm x 25mm
Foliage colour:
Green
Comparators:
Grevillea ‘New Blood’ and Grevillea juniperina Tinga form.
Reasons for distinctiveness:
This selection has prolific orange flowers and
low spreading growth habit.
Grevillea 'Yellow Devil'
Habit/description: Groundcover Size: 0.1m H x 1-1.5m W Flower colour:Pale yellow Flower size: ca. 35mm; conflorescence 78mm Flowering time:Aug-Nov Frost hardiness: High In cultivation since: 2004
Where has it been tested? Stawell Victoria
Distinguished from G. 'Thorny Devil' by its pale
yellow flowers and slightly smaller leaves
Correa reflexa var. reflexa 'Mary's Choice'
Note:
Received as C. 'Anglesea' Mary D. White.
Erect shrub to ca. 1 m x 1.5 m with an open habit. Branchlets
highly tomentose with rust-coloured stellate hairs becoming brown and
glabrous with age. Leaves simple, oblong-cordate leaves, 25mm x 9mm,
shortly petiolate. Leaf apices obtuse, leaf bases subcordate, venation
reticulate, entire margins with white-coloured stellate hairs. Upper
surfaces of mature leaves dark green and scabridulous. Upper surfaces of
young leaves pale green and finely tomentose with white-coloured stellate
hairs. Lower surfaces of leaves minutely densely tomentose with white
stellate hairs and becoming rust coloured and more concentrated on the
veins and margins. Peduncles axillary, calyx hemispherical with 4 minute
teeth, 4 mm high, fawn coloured with scattered rust-coloured stellate
hairs. Corolla cylindrical 35 mm x 9 mm, deep red graduating to pale green
at tips, which are barely reflexed and covered with a fine tomentum of
red-coloured stellate hairs becoming white- and tan-coloured at tips.
Anthers shortly exerted, narrow oblong and obtuse. Peak flowering is from
June to October in most districts.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar conforms to descriptions for C. reflexa var.
reflexa by Wilson (1998). The rich-red flower colour and floriferous habit
are the distinguishing features of this selection from the wild. Correa
'Mary's Choice' has been widely cultivated in Australian gardens for many
years.
Callistemon viminalis 'Prolific'
A small tree to 6m high by 4m across with pendulous branch
tips. The leaves are narrowly elliptical to 50mm long by 7mm wide. The
bright red flowers are borne in spikes clustered near the branch ends. Each
spike is about 80mm long by 40mm across. They are seen in late spring and
summer and again in autumn in the eastern states and from June to October
in Western Australia.
Diagnosis:
The only significant differences between this and other forms of
C. viminalis are its prolific flowering habit and the flowering spikes
borne in clusters at the branch ends. The branch ends are not as pendulous
as some forms. It is not readily identifiable.
Grevillea 'Orange Marmalade'
This cultivar grows into an open shrub to 2.5m tall by 2m
wide. Leaves ca. 70mm long, densely covered beneath with closely appressed
grey velvety hairs. Leaf veins coated with short brown hairs which are also
present on the stems. Upper surface appears glabrous but is sparsely coated
with very short appressed silky hairs. Flowers are borne in short terminal
racemes and are found sporadically throughout the year; perianth tube
curved and densely covered in brown and grey hairs; style ca. 25mm long,
reddish-black in colour with a thick covering of long brown hairs along
full length of style, large tufts of brown and grey hairs at base of style.
Diagnosis:
G. venusta:
Erect, spreading shrub 2-4m X 2-5m; leaves 100-200mm long lobed
or entire, silky hairy underneath with rusty hairs along the veins; flowers
green and orange, appressed rusty hairs on perianth; styles reddish-black,
25mm long, coated in silky hairs, racemes loose but erect, 20-60mm long and
terminal on short branchlets. Flowers most of the year
G. 'Orange Marmalade':
Open shrub 2.5m tall X 2m wide; leaves entire 70mm
long, silky hairy underneath with rusty hairs along veins; flowers orange ,
perianth clothed in brown and grey hairs; style is erect, ca. 25mm long and
has thick covering of brown hairs with large tufts of hair at the base;
flowers in short terminal racemes.
G. glossadenia:
Shrub 1-2m X 1-2m wide; leaves 50-120mm long, greyish-hairy
beneath; flowers orange, red & yellow, spider shape, perianth hairy; style
20-27mm long, flowers in dense clusters winter & spring but spasmodic
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.