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.
Grevillea 'Starfire'
Grevillea 'Starfire' grows into a bushy shrub 2.5m tall and
1.5m wide. The foliage is dark green on the upper surface and the lower
surface is covered in closely appressed silvery hairs which give a silvery
appearance. The leaves are compound and are about 29cm long and 24cm wide.
The midrib of each leaf is prominent, raised on the lower surface and a
contrasting yellow green on the lower surface. The inflorescences are
cylindrical racemes 15-16cm long and about 8cm across. Flowers are produced
throughout the year but are most prolific from November to April. On
opening the flowers are a coppery brown but this colour quickly changes to
a bright red. The styles are a contrasting pink with yellow stigmas.
Diagnosis:
Grevillea 'Starfire' resembles both its parents. G. 'Honey Gem'
has greyed yellow lobes with yellow styles, G. 'Starfire' has dark red
lobes with pink styles, and G. 'Starflame' has red lobes with red styles.
Grevillea 'Pink Star'
This cultivar grows to a height of 2m with a spread of 2m.
Leaves are crowded and scattered around the stems. They are glossy green on
top and pale beneath. The leaf margins are recurved downwards. Mature
leaves are more or less 15mm long by 3mm wide. Leaves on the lateral
branches are smaller and more crowded, more or less 10mm in length. Flowers
are borne terminally on the short lateral branches in short racemes.
Perianth segments are pink and cream and the styles are pink and silky
hairy. The flowers are more or less 25mm long and 5mm wide at the widest
point. The cultivar is very floriferous, the main season being spring, with
odd flowers being found all year round.
Diagnosis:
The cultivar is distinguished from Grevillea baueri in that its
leaves are much narrower and the leaf margins are recurved. Grevillea
baueri is generally a more compact shrub than Grevillea 'Pink Star
Chamelaucium uncinatum 'University'
This cultivar is a low growing form of Chamelaucium uncinatum
. It has an open habit and sparse, woody branches. Although flowering is
less prolific than on most forms the individual flowers are a spectacular
colour, opening deep pink and darkening with age to a deep purple. The
flowers are ca. 20mm in diameter with average to large petals.