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.
Callistemon 'Packers Selection'
This cultivar is a fast growing and pendulous shrub ca. 1.5m
tall by 1.5m wide. Inflorescences are deep red in colour and ca. 9cm long,
but narrow in diameter (ca. 3cm). Flowering is spasmodic all year (as
observed under conditions in WA) with profuse flowering in October,
January-February and March-April (also in WA).
Diagnosis:
Callistemon 'Packers Selection' closely resembles C. subulatus.
It is possible to distinguish the cultivar by its very pendulous habit
compared with the more erect habit of C. subulatus and by the much longer
inflorescences. The flowers are a deep red fading as they age.
Comparators:
Callistemon subulatus CBG 7801196. NSW South Coast,
14Km north of Yowrie PO on north side of Tuross River.
Callistemon 'Cinderella'
The cultivar grows to 3.5m tall by 2.5m wide. The
inflorescence is ca. 7cm long by 5.5cm wide and musk pink, fading rather
quickly to a silver pink. The anthers are greeny yellow.
Diagnosis:
Callistemon 'Cinderella' has been confused with C. 'Reeve's
Pink'. C. 'Cinderella' can be distinguished by its green yellow anthers
which contrast with those of C. 'Reeves Pink' which are black. The
filaments are also very different, C. 'Reeve's Pink', being much paler. The
inflorescence is marginally wider than those for C. Reeve's Pink'. C.
'Cinderella' appears to be closely related to C. citrinus. However, the
anthers of C. citrinus are black while those of the cultivar are green
yellow.
Callistemon viminalis 'Rose Opal'
Callistemon 'Rose Opal' is a dwarf and compact form of C.
viminalis growing to 1.5 - 1.8m high by 1m wide. The inflorescence is rosy
red which readily distinguishes the cultivar from the usual coloured forms
of C. viminalis. The inflorescence is 70-80mm long. Flowering is in spring
and autumn.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is distinguished from the other forms of C.
viminalis by its compact habit and flower colour.
Other notes:
The small and compact habit of this cultivar is of great value
for smaller gardens. In nearly twenty years of trials it has proved to be
stable in colour, form and height. The cultivar is frost tolerant to at
least -5?C and is drought hardy once established. Specimens have also been
lodged at the Queensland Herbarium (BRI 153960, BRI 279024). This cultivar
must be propagated by vegetative means to preserve the cultivar form.
Banksia spinulosa 'Goldenlighthouse'
Upright shrub 1-3m(H) x 1-2m(w) with very large yellow flowers spikes.
Gomphrena leontopodioides 'X115-32-5'
Long lived annual, plants grow to about 30 cm high by 30 cm wide with large globular with mid purple-pink tepals and a white corolla tube (about 35 mm in diameter) which remain on the plant for months, contrasting nicely with its grey-green foliage.
Acmena smithii 'DOW30'
Small tree to 5m x 3m with lime green new growth and dense foliage. Flowers white in summer.
Acmena smithii 'DOW30'
Small tree to 5m x 3m with lime green new growth and dense foliage. Flowers white in summer.
Waterhousea floribunda 'DOW20'
Tree which grows to a height of 10m x 5-8m wide with weeping habit and bright green new growth and rippled leaves and has clusters of lovely white flowers in summer.