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.
Grevillea banksii 'Kingaroy Slippers'
The leaves are the same as G. banksii. The flowers are borne
in the normal terminal inflorescences for G. banksii. Individual florets
are pink and about 15mm long and the dark pink styles are about 40mm long.
It flowers throughout the year with a main flowering period during summer.
Diagnosis:
The cultivar is different form other known normal forms of G.
banksii in that as the anther unfurls, instead of the limb releasing the
stigma and the perianth splitting so the anther can be released, the
perianth tube breaks away from just below the ovary, and still being
attached at the limb and stigma, is carried away form its normal position.
Self pollination occurs as fertile seed is produced.
Grevillea 'Golden Sparkle'
Grevillea 'Golden Sparkle' was described by H and J Sparks
(Your Garden February 1973) in these terms. "This Grevillea which we have
named 'Golden Sparkle' grows 4ft to 5 ft and has a typical spider flower of
orange-red. In spring and autumn the foliage tips turn a striking reddish
bronze, which adds to its beauty".
Diagnosis:
The specimen presented for registration appears to be a cultivar
of Grevillea speciosa (Knight) D. McGillivray. It differs from this species
in the leaf variegation which apparently sugggested its cultivar name. The
variegation consist of an irregular border or blotches of golden yellow on
a background of somewhat pale to normal deep green.
Grevillea juniperina 'Molonglo'
A low spreading shrub 1m high x 1m+ across; branches pubescent, arcuate to declinate, the longer branches becoming decumbent; leaves 8-20mm long and 1-2mm wide, linear-subulate, somewhat angular, with pungent apices, the upper surfaces glabrous, the lower pubescent and almost
hidden by the revolute margins; flowers apricot in sessile racemes, terminal on short lateral branches; perianth tubes 10-12mm long, silky pubescent outside styles ca 30mm long red.
Diagnosis:
Grevillea juniperina 'Molonglo' differs from G. juniperina (yellow flowered prostrate form)in its spreading, not prostrate habit, its narrower, more pungent leaves with closely revolute margins and in its larger apricot flowers with red styles. It also differs from other forms of G. juniperina in its low spreading habit and in flower colour.
Grevillea 'Little Thicket'
Individual plants are about 1m high by about 1m wide, however,
dense thickets are formed due to the growth of neighbouring suckers. Tufts
of new shoots appear up to 5m from a main stem. The leaves are green on the
upper surface and silvery on the underside due to dense hairs. They are up
to 18mm long and 3mm wide. The leaf edges are rolled under. The pale yellow
flowers which have a red tinge are 8mm long while the yellow styles are
20mm long. The flowers are produced in small terminal clusters. On
occasions the flowers do not always form but abort at an early stage.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different from known naturally occurring forms
of the species in its low suckering habit.
Grevillea 'Patricia Marie'
The leaves are the same for G. banksii. The flowers are formed
into large dense multiple clusters and these are produced terminally.
Individual florets are pink and about 15mm long and the deep pink styles
are about 45mm long.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different from the usual forms of G. banksii
in its clustered shorter inflorescences. They do not taper form the base to
the tip as does G. banksii.
Grevillea 'Pink Surprise'
Leaves are compound and shiny green on the upper surface. Each
leaf consists of + 20 long narrow lobes, occasionally these being
subdivided into two. Some lobes end in a small hooked point, others in a
straight point. The overall length of a leaf is + 30cm and the width +
10cm. Individual lobes are about 10cm long and 2-4mm wide. The leaf edges
are rolled under. Flowers are pink with long cream to very pale green
styles. Flowers are about 15cm long and approximately 5cm wideand produced
in dense terminal racemes. Individual flowers are borne in tight pairs and
are woolly. Perianth tube and limb together measure about 1.3cm long,
styles are up to 3.5 cm long.
Diagnosis:
G. 'Pink Surprise' can be distinguished from its parents by its
pink flower colour
Grevillea rosmarinifolia 'Rosy Posy'
This cultivar is a form of the dark green, fine leaved variety
of G. rosmarinifolia. It grows to ca. 1.5m tall by 1.5m wide. The leaves
are linear 30-45 mm long by 1mm wide and have a mucronate point. Leaves are
glabrous above and below with very occasional silky hairs on the mid-vein
of the leaf on the underside. The branchlets are covered with scattered
silky hairs. The flowers are ca. 20mm long. The perianth is a rosy pink
with a yellow tip. The style is a deep pink to red. The racemes are 40 to
50mm long and densely packed with flowers. Flowers can be found throughout
the year with the main flowering season being late winter to early spring.
Diagnosis:
G. rosmarinifolia varies greatly over its range. Grevillea
'Rosy Posy' is distinguished by its exceptionally large racemes of flowers.
Prostanthera lasianthos 'Mint-Ice'
The cultivar has the same general morphology as for the
species. It has grown to 2m x 1.5m since it was first selected in 1984. The
differences are that P. lasianthos 'Mint-Ice' has leaves with formal white
variegation around the borders of the leaves. The leaf blades are
irregularly variegated from pale green to white. The percentage of
variegation on each leaf also differs, with some being almost totally white
to just the leaf margin variegation. The plant is more compact than usual
and the leaves slightly smaller. No reversion of the variegation has been
noted in five years. The racemes of white flowers are more compact than
usual.
Diagnosis:
This plant is easily distinguished by the leaf variegation, with
the smaller than average leaves and more compact racemes being the
secondary considerations.
Chamelaucium uncinatum 'Bundara Mystic Pearl'
The habit of this cultivar is similar to normal Chamelaucium
uncinatum. The flowers are a pink mauve on opening fading to a very pale
pink.
Diagnosis:
A very robust shrub with a large number of the flowers borne on
the branch terminals. This cultivar was bred with the cut flower market in
mind and the first crop attained a 4.5kg cutting. This crop rate was
achieved at Bundara Nursery. The cultivar may be distinguished from other
similar colour forms of C. uncinatum by the heavier crop of flowers.