Hardenbergia violaceae 'Mystic Marvel'
a ground cover or climber with bicoloured mauve/white fls in spring
Hardenbergia violacea 'Regent'
A hardy, upright shrub growing to approx. 1 metre tall & 75cm across. It has large leathery leaves that stand out from the stems and is covered with upright bunches of purple pea-shaped flowers in spring.
Hardenbergia violacea 'Flat White'
Flowers:
White, from late July to mid-September
Compact groundcover to 20cm high & up to 4m in diameter
Foliage colour:
Dark green, ca. 40-45mm (w) x 60-65mm (long)
Reasons for distinctiveness:
Hardenbergia violacea ‘Flat White’ is a white
flowered dense foliage true groundcover form whereas most other white
selections are either bushy or climbers.
Hardenbergia violacea 'Aspiration'
It is a scrambling creeper attaining a spread of about 5m
across and with support will climb to a height of about 2m. The leaves are
dark green, about 55mm wide at the base, and taper to a rounded point.
Veining on the upper surface is very distinct. The pink pea-shaped flowers
are produced in compact and numerous racemes arising from the leaf axils
and held vertically above the foliage. Individual flowers are about 10mm
long and about 10mm wide.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different from other known forms of the species
in its very compact and numerous racemes with musk pink flowers. These
racemes are held vertically. The species usually has violet flowers. This
cultivar will most commonly be known as H. violacea 'Austraflora
Aspiration'.
Hardenbergia violacea 'Happy Wanderer'
Leaves are lanceolate in shape and plus/minus 8cm long when
mature. They are a glossy green in colour. Leaves tend to be sparser with
longer than normal internodal distances. The flowers are 10mm wide and are
a rich violet-mauve in colour. They are borne profusely in racemes 9cm long
that arise from the leaf axils. Flowers are said to be found from June to
early spring.
Kennedia nigricans 'Minstrel'
The flower colour is the only notable difference of this
cultivar. All other features are the same as Kennedia nigricans.
Diagnosis:
The flowers are black with a pale, almost white patch on the
standard instead of a yellow patch.
Lechenaultia biloba 'White Flash'
A natural colour variant of Lechenaultia biloba which differs
from other forms in that it has a clear and sharp break between the white
central portion of the flower and the deep blue outer area of the petals.
The plant in the wild is an open wiry specimen but with judicious pruning
could be shaped into an attractive garden bush doing best in a light gravel
or sandy soil. Cultivar received by the Authority on 10 December 1974 from
the ANBG.
Pultenaea pedunculata 'Pyalong Gold'
This cultivar is a colour form of Pultenaea pedunculata Hook. It is a dense prostrate shrub that grows to 2m wide, and is very floriferous. The flowers are ca.1cm across and appear in spring. All other details for the cultivar are as for P. pedunculata.
Diagnosis:
Pultenaea 'Pyalong Gold' is readily distinguished from the usual P. pedunculata by its flower colour which is pure yellow with a small patch of red around the base of the keel and standard of the flowers.
Other notes:
Although forms close to this one are known from previous wild collections, it is uncommon and its bright yellow flowers make it more conspicuous than the more common forms of P. pedunculata. The cultivar was first selected and introduced to cultivation in October 1977.
Comparators:
Pultenaea pedunculata Hook. CBG 8311008; CBG 002505
Scaevola 'Angela Ratcliffe'
This cultivar has a prostrate habit, spreading to 1m across.
The numerous branches are densely intertwined with individual branches
having a zigzag pattern. The leaves are broad and slightly succulent in
appearance, 2.5-3cm long by up to 1cm wide at the widest point. The leaf
apex is obtuse. Both stems and leaves are covered in short stiff hairs. The
flowers are a purplish colour, borne at the ends of short branchlets, very
much resembling those of S. ramosissima.
Diagnosis:
Scaevola 'Angela Ratcliffe' differs from S. ramosissima in the
following ways. The leaves are obvate and not linear to lanceolate as in
S. ramosissima and are of a much thicker (almost succulent) texture. The
leaf apex is obtuse and not acute. Bracteoles are narrow obvate rather than
linear. Peduncles are shorter than the leaves. Peduncles of S. ramosissima
are as long as or longer than the leaves.
Spyridium parvifolium 'Nimbus'
It is a dense prostrate shrub growing to a height of about
10mm with a spread of about 2m. The small round leaves are up to 8mm long
by 6-8mm wide. The leaf tip is often indented. The green upper leaf surface
has distinct veining while the underside is silvery and covered with long
silky hairs. New foliage is distinctly grey. The small and insignificant
flowers are borne in clusters at the end of the branchlets.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different from other forms of Spyridium
parvifolium in its prostrate habit.