Diplarrena latifolia 'Amethyst Fairy'
A tussock-like perennial herb 300-400mm tall by 450mm across
with dense mid-green straplike foliage. The flowers are borne in the spring
and are up to 60mm across. The flowers are an intense purple in the centre
of the flower, with this colouration spreading in striations to the outer
perianth parts. Although each flower only lasts one day, they are produced
in quantity to give a good display.
Diagnosis:
Diplarrena 'Amethyst Fairy' has been selected for the intense
purple colouring on the inner perianth members and the purple shading on
the outer perianth members.
Epacris impressa 'Cranbourne Bells'
This cultivar has a similar growth habit and features as E.
impressa. The flowers have multiple corollas, sometimes greater than 10
lobes per flower. Individual flowers are 10mm long by 7mm wide. The flowers
are pinkish opening to white. The flowering season is from August to
October.
Diagnosis:
Epacris 'Cranbourne Bells' can be distinguished by its white
flowers with multiple corollas. Another form with multiple corollas is E.
impressa var.grandiflora, a form from the Grampian mountains. This form has
pink flowers and leaves that are much longer than the flowers, making it
easy to distinguish from the former.
Eremophila 'BERYLS BLUE'
E. ‘Beryl’s Blue’ is a compact rounded shrub approximately 1.5 metres in diameter. It has short leaves and pale blue flowers which occur from September to November.
Diagnosis:
E. ‘Beryl’s Blue’ may well be a hybrid between E. nivea and E. caerulea. E. ‘Beryl’s Blue’ is most like E. nivea, however its leaves are shorter, stiffer and curl over, flowers are much paler blue and it has a
more compact habit than E. nivea.
Eremophila 'Piccaninny Dawn'
Prolific flowering, upright compact shrub, leaves
dark grey green, branches from ground level, rose-pink flowers.
Comparators:
Eremophila oldfieldii ssp angustifolia is a large shrub or
small tree, up to 5m high by 4m wide with fleshy cylindrical dark green
leaves and orange-red or bright red corolla.
E. oppositifolia ssp oppositifolia is a rounded or dense, upright shrub to
4m high by 3m wide with silver-grey or grey green long narrow leaves.
Corolla is white to cream, pale yellow or pink to purple and the sepals are
white to cream, pale yellow or pink to purple but necessarily matching the
corolla.
Size:
3m x 4m
Flower colour:Corolla - Rose pink
Flower size:
25-30mm
Flowering period:
Late autumn to mid winter and intermittent throughout the
year.
Time in cultivation:
10 years
Eremophila 'Nullarbor Nymph'
Habit/description: Dense, low spreading shrub, 0.3m (H) x 1.2m (W). Leaves: dark grey green
Flowers lilac, Spring/Summer
Comparators:
Eremophila decussata, E. parvifolia. E. decussata is a small compact shrub 0.75m high x 1.5m wide with slightly rounded grey leaves and blue flowers. E. parvifolia is a low spreading shrub 0.75m high x 1.5m wide
with small bright green leaves and blue flowers.
Eremophila 'Beryl's Lipstick'
Open shrub, 1m (h) x 1.2m (w)
Flowers:
pink, 25mm x 8mm, from Aug-Oct
Foliage colour:
mid green
Comparators:
Eremophila maculata subsp. brevifolia, E. glabra
Reasons for distinctiveness:
Thought to be a hybrid between Eremophila glabra and E. maculata subsp. brevifolia.
Eremophila ‘Beryl’s Lipstick’ has striking pink flowers as opposed to the reddish pink flowers of Eremophila
maculata subsp. brevifolia. Leaves are more greyish in appearance and are larger than the comparator. It has been propagated vegetatively through several generations and has proven hardy in many districts.
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.
Veronica 'Monty's Blue'
Woody herb to c. 1m high; stems several or many from a large
woody rootstock, mostly erect and some flopping over.
Flowers:
In terminal racemes, 40–100, deep violet blue, Spring–Summer
Foliage:
Leaves lanceolate, mostly to 60mm long, apex acute, margins
serrate.
Comparators:
Veronica arenaria has linear and entire or with a few teeth or
with spreading irregular linear lobes and bright violet-blue flowers.
Veronica derwentiana usually has large lanceolate serrate leaves and
flowers white or pale lilac or pale blue
Reasons for distinctiveness:
A vigorous showy selection with the deep
violet blue flower spikes similar to V. arenaria and leaves similar to V.
derwentiana.
Grevillea 'Boongala Spinebill'
A spreading, dark green, bushy, infertile shrub 1.5–2.5 m high 2–3 m wide with coppery red new growth. Conflorescence to 60 mm long flowers 80 – 100 mm across x about same long, bronze-red silky, can be produced most of year but late Spring to Summer; leaves 70 – 120mm long x about same, palmate with slender petiole, broadly 5-lobed green.