Grevillea 'Merinda Gordon'
This cultivar is an upright shrub 3m tall by 2m across. The
leaves are 2.5 to 3cm long by ca. 2.5cm wide at the widest point. The
leaves are stiff and leathery with the midrib of the leaf being strongly
curved (reflexed). The leaves have a dentate margin with pungent points on
each lobe. The venation is prominent, being yellow green in colour. The
veins stand out from the leaf surface on the underside. The flowers are a
rich pink to red. The style and pedicel are covered with a dense coat of
silky hairs and there are scattered hairs on the perianth segments. The
main flowering season is late winter to early spring though is also
sporadic with flowers often appearing after rain.
Diagnosis:
The leaves of Grevillea 'Merinda Gordon' resemble those of G.
insignis though they are smaller in size. G. insignis leaves are about
5.5cm long by 3cm wide at the widest point though are variable. They are
roughly ovate and undulate with dentate margins surrounded by a pungent
tip. The leaves of the cultivar are more crowded on the stems than in G.
insignis. G. asteriscosa has much smaller, almost sessile leaves that are
deeply trifid and have pungent lobes. The stems of G. insignis are glabrous
with a mealy bloom while Grevillea 'Merinda Gordon' is glabrous without the
mealy bloom. G. asteriscosa has hairy stems. The flowers of the cultivar
are intermediate in size between the parent species, smaller than G.
insignis but larger than G. asteriscosa. The style is glabrous in G.
insignis except near the base while the styles of both G. asteriscosa and
the cultivar are hairy.
Chamelaucium uncinatum 'Lullfitz Selection'
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is similiar to other forms of C. uncinatum but it
can be readily distinguished by its early flowering habit which starts in
June in Western Australia and finishes when the other forms are at their
peak in August/September. The flowers are of average size, being ca. 15mm
in diameter , opening a fresh pink with almost a brown tinge and deepening
with age to dark pink.The small petals recurve as they age.
Grevillea 'Superb'
This cultivar is a shrub of medium density, growing to plus/minus 1m tall by 1-2m wide. The foliage is very similar to G. 'Robyn Gordon' (a cross with the same parent species) and it is virtually impossible to distinguish between them. The inflorescence can measure plus/minus 15cm long by plus/minus 9cm wide. The individual flowers are moderately densely packed on the raceme and completely encircle the rachis. Individual flowers measure 4.5 to 5cm long. The pedicel and perianth are also covered in dense, closely appressed hairs. The style appears glabrous but does have scattered, very short, silky hairs. The inflorescences are borne teminally. The buds are dark in colour before opening. The inflorescences are very similar to G. 'Robyn Gordon' except in colouration. The flowers are salmon in colour with the perianth changing to red as they
age. The styles are red with yellow tips.
Diagnosis:
Vegetatively this cultivar is very similar to G. 'Robyn Gordon'. The difference is in the flower colour as described above.
Ceratopetalum gummiferum 'White Christmas'
Diagnosis:
C. 'White Christmas' is only different from other known forms of C. gummiferum in that the calyx lobes do not exhibit the usual pink to red colouring. The calyx lobes remain white to green in colour throughout the
flowering and seed developing period. Habit is also identical to other known forms of C. gummiferum.
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.
Grevillea 'Pendant Clusters'
It is an open growing plant reaching a height of about 2m by
about 1.5m wide.The leaves are pointed, up to 35mm long by up to 6mm wide.
The upper surface is green and somewhat rough to touch while the underside
is covered in dense silky hairs. The leaf edges are rolled under. The
flowers are gouped in pendant clusters. Individual flowers are yellow-cream
and about 9mm long while the deep red styles are about 20mm long. The old
flowers turn black. It is reported that the plant flowers throughout the
year.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different from its stated parents in its
pendant clusters. It is also taller than is usual for Grevillea chrysophaea
. The older flowers turn black which is not the case with flowers of
Grevillea chrysophaea. It is different form Grevillea baueri in flower
colour. This cultivar has yellow flowers compared with red for Grevillea
baueri.
Callistemon 'Sallyann'
The shrub grows from 3-4m tall by 2-3m across and has
pendulous branchlets bearing soft, lolly pink brushes of flowers. The
flowering season is from November to May.
Diagnosis:
Callistemon 'Sallyann' differs from the usual cream flowered
form of the species by its clear pink flowers. There are other pink
flowered forms of Calistemon paludosus in cultivation but many of these
have "dirty" pink colouration compared to the clear pink of C. 'Sallyann'.
Acacia amblygona 'Winter Gold'
This cultivar reaches a height of about 300mm and spreads about 2m. The phyllodes taper to a sharp point from a broad base. They are up to 10mm long by 4mm wide. A number of prominent veins are visible. The
rich yellow flower clusters are borne on flower stalks 10mm long. The "pom-pom" or globular flower head is about 5mm in diameter.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different form the known normal forms of the species in its prostrate habit. Acacia amblygona normally reaches a height of 1.5m.
Correa 'Mannii'
This cultivar is a small to medium shrub which grows from
between 0.6m to 1.5m tall (but when scrambling up through other shrubs has
been known to attain a height of 2.5m) and from 2 to 3m across. It is a
much branched open shrub with long arching branches and with long internode
spaces, but is more compact in an open situation. The leaves are dark green
and glabrous on the upper surface and paler green and almost glabrous on
the lower surface. The leaf shape is cordate with an obtuse apex and they
vary considerably in size. The larger leaves are up to 3cm long by 2cm
wide. The flowers are tubular and up to 4cm long by 1cm across. The flowers
are a vivid red on the exterior and a paler pink inside. The perianth has
reflexed tips. The flowering season varies from spring, autumn to winter
and autumn to summer. The main flowering season in Canberra is the cooler
months, especially from April to July. In Melbourne it occurs from April to
August. Flowering often continues intermittently between the main bursts.
Diagnosis:
The cultivar differs markedly from the purported parents and can
be distinguished by the flower colour alone. Correa 'Mannii' has been
confused in the past with Correa 'Dusky Bells', a hybrid believed to be of
the same parentage, but there is no logical reason for this confusion at
all because the plants are quite different in general morphology, foliage
and flower colour. Correa 'Mannii' has glabrous leaves and strongly
reflexed perianth tips while Correa 'Bett's Red' has scabrous upper surface
of the leaves and partially reflexed perianth lobes. Correa 'Bett's Red'
also has dark pink flowers while Correa 'Mannii' is red.
Anigozanthos 'Charm'
Note:
Formerly A. 'Elegant Charmer'
This cultivar is a neat 0.5m plant with glossy green leaves to
0.3 m. Flower stems are 1m and branched. Flowers are borne in September to
November and are reddish orange with cream anthers.
Diagnosis:
A.flavidus grows to 1.0m tall by 1.0m wide. Flowers from October to
February. Leaves are glabrous. The flower stems are 2.0m, branched and
smooth tubular, 3-4cm densely hairy. The lobes are not turned back, colours
are yellow-green, red, pink, yellow and green. Common in a wide range of
soils and climate but frost damage can occur. Moist light to medium soils
and partial to full sun seems best. Propagation is by seed or division.
A.preissii grows to 0.6m tall by 0.3m wide. Flowers from August to
November. Leaves are deciduous; sparse, nearly terete, finely pointed.
Flower stems are 1.0m long, tubular, 5-6cm woolly hairs. Two terminal
clusters , lobed but not reflexed. Claw-like in appearance, orange to
yellow and red colour.Cultivation is difficult, prefers moist and
well-drained soil in partial to full sun. Divide regularly to promote
vigorous growth. Does well in containers. Propagation is by seed or
division.
Anigozanthos 'Charm' is a manipulated hybrid growing to 0.6m in height.
Flowers from September to November. Leaves are glossy green, 0.3m in
length. Flower stems are reddish-orange and the anthers are cream. A
feature is the cultivar's resistance to snails and ink disease. Propagation
is by vegetative means only.
A. flavidus wild, lvs 1.0m h x1.0m w, fls Tubular; 3-4cm, densely hairy; lobes not turned back. Yellow-green, red, pink, yellow, green. Oct-Jan, scape height 2m
A. preissii wild, lvs 0.6m h x 0.3, fls Tubular 5-6m, woolly hairs; 2 terminal cluster; lobed but not reflexed.
Claw-like. Orange to yellow, red.Aug-Nov, scape height -
'Charm' manipulated hybrid, lvs 0.5m h, fls Reddish orange; cream anthers. Sept-Nov, scape height 1m
Note:
Sought registration as Anigozanthos 'Elegant Charmer' in September
1980.