Plectranthus graveolens 'Bennelong Frosty Carpet'
This cultivar is prostrate but with flowering stems 10 to 25cm
tall. It roots very freely forming a dense mat plus/minus 2m across. The
leaves are suborbicular to broadly ovate plus/minus 8cm long by 4.5cm wide.
The concave upper surface of the leaf is deep green and the underside pale
green. Both leaf surfaces are covered in a dense coating of fine, twisted,
silky hairs that are more prominent on the lower surface. On the dentate
leaf margin the whiteness of the hairs contrasts with the leaf colour. The
violet blue flowers are borne on a raceme plus/minus 14cm long. Individual
corollas are plus/minus 1cm long. In Sydney it flowers from December to
February.
Diagnosis:
P. graveolens 'Bennelong Frosty Carpet' can be distinguished
from the normal form of P. graveolens by its prostrate habit, its much
smaller leaves and its hairier appearance.
Melaleuca 'Snowstorm'
It is said that after six years the original cutting grown
plant was very dense and symetrical in shape, being about 1.5m high and
1.5m wide. Flowering can be sporadic throughout the year but the main
flowering season is in late winter and spring when it is claimed the whole
plant is covered in flowers. Leaves are green excepting the young new
growth which is pink. Individual leaves are very narrow being 1mm wide and
18-25mm long. The midrib is clearly visible on close inspection. Flowers
are white and produced in "brushes" up to approximately 40mm in length.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar can be distinguished from the more typical forms
of M. linariifolia in that it is a dwarf form.
Grevillea 'Crosbie Morrison'
This cultivar grows from between 1 - 2m tall with a spread of
anywhere between 2 -4m. It generally has arching branches. The leaves are
greyish and hairy, terminating in a pungent point. They are ca. 15mm long
and 2mm wide. The margins are recurved and meet on the underside. The
flowers are ca. 9mm long, and the reddish style ca. 20mm long. They are red
and cream in colour. The flowers are borne in small umbel-like clusters
produced at the terminal of short leafy branchlets. They are found over the
winter to spring months.
Diagnosis:
The supposed parents of this cultivar are both polymorphic, with
G. lavandulacea especially so. There is confusion in determining what is
known as G. 'Crosbie Morrison' from other hybrids of these two species.
Confusion can even arise between the cultivar and some forms of G.
lavandulacea. To add to the confusion, a number of other hybrids from the
same parents seem to have been grown and sold under this cultivar name. A
diagnostic table was prepared but the similarity between the cultivar and
parent species as well as a similar cultivar, G. 'Poorinda Illumina' (syn.
Grevillea 'Clearview Robin'), did not make a positive determination any
easier. It has therefore not been included. One feature that distinguishes
the cultivar from the parents is the predominantly arching branches,
particularly as a younger plant.
Verticordia 'Venus Princess'
A dense compact rounded shrub to 45cm high by 45cm wide after
4 years growth. The leaves are medium green, slightly ciliate, opposite,
moderately open, 3mm long by 2mm wide with prominent oil glands. The
flowers are mauve pink to 13mm across, held in dense terminal spike-like
group s to 8cm long. The flowering period in WA is from November to March.
Diagnosis:
Verticordia 'Venus Princess' differs from Verticordia tumida, in
its larger and more openly arranged leaves, its larger, flowering
spike-like groups, flower colour and flowering period. It varies from
Verticordia blepharophylla in its narrow leaves, with less conspicuous
cilia, denser flower spike-like groups and more intense pink flower colour.
Waterhousea floribunda 'DOW20'
Tree which grows to a height of 10m x 5-8m wide with weeping habit and bright green new growth and rippled leaves and has clusters of lovely white flowers in summer.
Dianella 'DP401'
A small clumping plant 50cm high x 40cm wide with blue strappy leaves and purple and yellow flowers followed by purple fruit in Summer.
Dianella 'DP401'
A small clumping plant 50cm high x 40cm wide with blue strappy leaves and purple and yellow flowers followed by purple fruit in Summer.
Lomandra 'LM600'
Hardy small compact strappy leaf plant which grows to 0.4-0.5m in diameter with golden flowers in Spring and is male sterile.
Lomandra 'LM600'
Hardy small compact strappy leaf plant which grows to 0.4-0.5m in diameter with golden flowers in Spring and is male sterile.