Callistemon salignus 'Great Balls of Fire'
Growing to a height of 1.75m with a spread of 1.5m, C. 'Great Balls of Fire' was bred for its particularly dense compact habit and the intense red hues of its new emerging growth.
Callistemon viminalis 'Prolific'
A small tree to 6m high by 4m across with pendulous branch
tips. The leaves are narrowly elliptical to 50mm long by 7mm wide. The
bright red flowers are borne in spikes clustered near the branch ends. Each
spike is about 80mm long by 40mm across. They are seen in late spring and
summer and again in autumn in the eastern states and from June to October
in Western Australia.
Diagnosis:
The only significant differences between this and other forms of
C. viminalis are its prolific flowering habit and the flowering spikes
borne in clusters at the branch ends. The branch ends are not as pendulous
as some forms. It is not readily identifiable.
Callistemon 'Woolomin Sparkler'
A medium-sized shrub to 3m high by 2m across with compact
habit and dense foliage. The leaves are narrowly oblanceolate to 80mm long
by 7mm wide tapering towards the base. The apex is pointed. The red flowers
are borne in spikes clustered near the branch ends. The anthers are yellow.
Each spike is about 80mm long by 60mm across from specimen, although spikes
to 120mm long are claimed by the originator. Flowers over a long period
starting September, peak October and again March and April.
Diagnosis:
Differs from C. salignus pink form in having:
* Red flowers
* Flower spikes borne in clusters near the branch ends
* Extended flowering period
Differs from C. 'Harkness' in having:
* Shorter flower spikes
* Shorter leaves
* More upright habit
Differs from C. citrinus in having:
* Lighter green leaves
* Flower spikes in clusters
* Extended flowering period
Callitris 'Golden Zero'
Diagnosis:
The plant is identical to its parents except that the foliage is
golden yellow throughout the year.
Carpobrotus glaucescens 'CAR10'
Prostrate creeping succulent that has long trailing stems up to 2m. Commonly called Pigface, this native Carpobrotus produces large deep pink flowers in spring and autumn with purple stems.
Correa 'Benara Bell'
Erect spreading small shrub to c. 1.0 m x 2 m with a
moderately dense habit. Branchlets finely tomentose with white and
rust-coloured stellate hairs becoming green and sub glabrous with clusters
of stellate hairs. Simple leaves cordate to elliptical, 20 mm x 15 mm. Leaf
tips slightly acute to obtuse, leaf bases cordate, venation reticulate,
margins slightly recurved. Upper surfaces of mature leaves dark green and
coriaceous. Upper surfaces of young leaves minutely tomentose with white
and rust-coloured stellate hairs. Lower surfaces pale green tomentose with
minute white and rust-coloured stellate hairs. Corolla cylindrical 20 mm x
6 mm pale cream with a pink blush shading to green at the tips. Peak
flowering is from May to August in most districts with spasmodic flowering
throughout the year.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is differentiated from Correa alba var. alba by
the non-splitting corolla tube and length of flower as well as the shape
and tomentum of the leaves. Correa 'Marion's Marvel' has larger flowers (23
mm x 10 mm) that are dominantly pink in colour grading to pale green tips.
Although similar in flower colour to C. 'Ivory Bells', it is differentiated
from that cultivar by leaf size. C. 'Ivory Bells' has much larger leaves
(33 mm x 21 mm) than C. 'Benara Bell' although leaf shape and tomentum are
similar. It is almost identical to C. 'Beek's Beauty' which originated in
the garden of Marianne Beek in Naracoorte. Correa 'Beek's Beauty' is not
widely grown and is unlikely to be presented for registration. The form
being registered is that which arose spontaneously in Phillip Dowling's
garden (Benara Road Nursery).
Correa reflexa var. reflexa 'Lemon and Lime'
Note:
Received as Correa 'Wilson's Promontory Lime and Gold'
Low growing shrub to ca. 60 cm x 2 m with a dense habit.
Branchlets highly tomentose with rust coloured stellate hairs becoming
brown and glabrous with age. Simple cordate leaves, 30 mm x 24 nun, shortly
petiolate. Leaf apices obtuse, leaf bases cordate, venation reticulate,
entire margins with rust-coloured stellate hairs. Upper surfaces of mature
leaves dark green and scabridulous with scattered white stellate hairs
becoming more concentrated at margins. Upper surfaces of young leaves
densely tomentose with rust-coloured stellate hairs. Young growth may have
pink tinge. Lower surfaces of leaves densely tomentose with white stellate
hairs and scattered rust-coloured stellate hairs becoming more concentrated
on the veins and margins. Foliaceous bracts strongly reflexed to enclose
flower. Peduncles axillary, slender, terminating in a pair of foliaceous
bracts clasping the flower. Calyx hemispherical, 4 mm high, fawn coloured
with scattered rust-coloured stellate hairs. Corolla obconical 32 mm x 12
mm, lemon with lime green tips covered with fine tomentum of white-coloured
stellate hairs becoming rusty at tips. Anthers shortly exerted, narrow
oblong and obtuse. Peak flowering is from March to July in most districts.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar conforms to descriptions for C. reflexa var.
reflexa found naturally in the Gippsland area but is distinctive by its
unique flower colour. The usual green form of C. reflexa is uniformly
coloured from calyx to tip.
Correa backhouseana var. coriacea 'Eucla Gold'
Erect small shrub to c. 1.2 m x 0.8 m with a moderately dense
habit. Branchlets highly tomentose with minute rust-coloured stellate hairs
becoming green and glabrous with occasional clusters of short stellate
hairs on older stems. Simple leaves ovate, 20 mm x 10 mm. Leaf apices
acute, leaf bases oblique, venation reticulate, margins entire. Upper
surfaces of mature leaves dark green and coriaceous. Upper surfaces of
young leaves minutely densely tomentose with white stellate hairs and
occasional rust-coloured stellate hairs, becoming more concentrated at
margins. Lower surfaces minutely densely tomentose with white stellate
hairs becoming rust-coloured on the veins and margins. Flowers axillary or
terminal on short branchlets, pedicels 4 mm long, light green minutely
densely tomentose with white stellate hairs. Calyx hemispherical,
mid-green, coriaceous becoming densely tomentose towards base, 2-3 mm long.
Corolla cylindrical, 25 mm x 8 mm with petals barely recurved, creamy
yellow with a fine tomentum of rust-coloured stellate hairs becoming
concentrated towards tips of petals. Stamens 4+4, inserted at base of disc,
filaments broadened towards base, anthers slightly exerted, dark brown,
narrow-oblong, apex slightly truncate. Peak flowering is from April to July
in most districts.
Diagnosis:
Distinguished from other C. backhouseana var. coriacea plants
which have smaller flowers usually less than 20 mm long and are narrower.
Flower colour is also brighter than normal forms, which are pale
yellow-green.