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.
Callistemon pachyphyllus 'Smoked Salmon'
In cultivation the cultivar is slightly more compact than the
type and attains a height of 1.5m. All morphological characteristics of the
cultivar are as for C. pachyphyllus. The flowers are a salmony pink to
shell pink in colour and are plus/minus 8cm long by plus/minus 6cm wide. It
is stated that in Brisbane this cultivar has some flowers for most of the
year with two main flowering peaks, in summer and from autumn to early
winter. The flowers during the summer months are slightly paler in colour.
Diagnosis:
The cultivar differs from the normal red and green flowering
forms of C. pachyphyllus in the salmon pink to shell pink colour of its
flowers.
Callistemon 'Kings Park Special'
This cultivar grows into small bushy trees from 3 to 5m tall
by 3 to 4m wide. The inflorescences are in multiple heads on brach
terminals and are bright red in colour. They are up to 13cm long by 6cm
wide. The flowering season in Western Australia is from mid September to
October with a smaller flowering in autumn. The leaves are up to 110mm long
by up to 15mm wide. The shrub is much branched and the branchlets are
slightly pendulous.
Diagnosis:
There is some similarity between Callistemon 'Harkness' (syn.
'Gawler hybrid') and Callistemon 'Kings Park Special'. Callistemon 'Kings
Park Special' thrives in an open position and is fast growing. It responds
well to pruning after flowering and the original plant has been severely
pruned on two occasions and recovered well. This cultivar sets fertile seed
but must be grown by vegetative means to preserve the cultivar form.
Callistemon 'Kings Park Special' has proved to be more floriferous in
western Australia than Callistemon 'Harkness'. It is adaptable to a wide
range of soil types though can suffer frost damage to the younger shoot
growth when grown in areas that experience severe frost. This latter factor
could well be an indicator of C. viminalis being involved in the parentage
of this cultivar.