Hardenbergia violaceae 'Mystic Marvel'
a ground cover or climber with bicoloured mauve/white fls in spring
Hardenbergia violacea 'Regent'
A hardy, upright shrub growing to approx. 1 metre tall & 75cm across. It has large leathery leaves that stand out from the stems and is covered with upright bunches of purple pea-shaped flowers in spring.
Hardenbergia violacea 'Flat White'
Flowers:
White, from late July to mid-September
Compact groundcover to 20cm high & up to 4m in diameter
Foliage colour:
Dark green, ca. 40-45mm (w) x 60-65mm (long)
Reasons for distinctiveness:
Hardenbergia violacea ‘Flat White’ is a white
flowered dense foliage true groundcover form whereas most other white
selections are either bushy or climbers.
Hardenbergia violacea 'Aspiration'
It is a scrambling creeper attaining a spread of about 5m
across and with support will climb to a height of about 2m. The leaves are
dark green, about 55mm wide at the base, and taper to a rounded point.
Veining on the upper surface is very distinct. The pink pea-shaped flowers
are produced in compact and numerous racemes arising from the leaf axils
and held vertically above the foliage. Individual flowers are about 10mm
long and about 10mm wide.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different from other known forms of the species
in its very compact and numerous racemes with musk pink flowers. These
racemes are held vertically. The species usually has violet flowers. This
cultivar will most commonly be known as H. violacea 'Austraflora
Aspiration'.
Hardenbergia violacea 'Happy Wanderer'
Leaves are lanceolate in shape and plus/minus 8cm long when
mature. They are a glossy green in colour. Leaves tend to be sparser with
longer than normal internodal distances. The flowers are 10mm wide and are
a rich violet-mauve in colour. They are borne profusely in racemes 9cm long
that arise from the leaf axils. Flowers are said to be found from June to
early spring.
Kennedia nigricans 'Minstrel'
The flower colour is the only notable difference of this
cultivar. All other features are the same as Kennedia nigricans.
Diagnosis:
The flowers are black with a pale, almost white patch on the
standard instead of a yellow patch.
Lechenaultia biloba 'White Flash'
A natural colour variant of Lechenaultia biloba which differs
from other forms in that it has a clear and sharp break between the white
central portion of the flower and the deep blue outer area of the petals.
The plant in the wild is an open wiry specimen but with judicious pruning
could be shaped into an attractive garden bush doing best in a light gravel
or sandy soil. Cultivar received by the Authority on 10 December 1974 from
the ANBG.
Citrus australasica 'Judy's Everbearing'
Tall shrub or small tree to a maximum of 3-4 metres high by 2
– 3 metres wide with dense foliage. Axillary spines solitary, straight to
25mm long. Leaves are simple, obovate to elliptic, glabrous. Flowers white
(with pink buds) approximately 10-15mm in diameter. Fruit a cylindrical
berry, 4-8 cms long, 15-25mm in diameter.
Diagnosis:
C. ‘Judy’s Everbearing’ is a tall growing selection which bears
fruit all year round.
Correa 'Summer Belle'
Small dense spreading shrub growing to 1 m x 1 m with shiny
foliage. Mature leaves opposite, 30 mm x 11 mm in size, elliptical, apex
acute, margin slightly irregular and tending to recurve, dark glossy green,
slightly scabrous and glabrous on top, regularly pitted with sparsely
scattered pale coloured stellate hairs on the margins. Underside of leaves
paler green, densely covered with minute tan coloured stellate hairs.
Petiole 4mm, light green, thickly covered with tan coloured stellate hairs.
Calyx 4.5 mm x 6 mm, tan coloured, square shaped, with minute calyx teeth
present, covered with numerous small tan coloured stellate hairs becoming
sparser towards the corolla. Pedicel 3 mm. Corolla 33 mm x 8 mm, rose pink
colour to the split covered with numerous small rose coloured stellate
hairs. Petal tips pale green covered with pale green stellate hairs grading
to tan and becoming denser at the tip. Underside of corolla tips pale green
and glabrous then changing to a pink throat. Stamens 8, strongly exerted
from the corolla, 38 mm long, filaments very fine and pale green, strongly
widened towards the base. Anthers bright yellow, 3 mm long. Style 33 mm
long. Peak flowering is in summer and continues through to winter.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar resembles C. glabra var turnbullii in foliage.
Leaves are glossy green and aromatic when crushed. Differs from C. ‘ Mt
Barker Beauty ’ which has shorter flowers and a green calyx. The flowers of
C. ‘ Mt Barker Beauty ’ are also darker red and green and the colour change
from red to green occurs further up the corolla from the split. Mature
leaves of C. ‘ Mt Barker Beauty ’ are longer and wider. Differs from other
C.glabra var turnbullii varieties which have much shorter, narrower and
paler pink flowers with highly exerted stamens. Calyx of C.glabra var
turnbullii is green rather than tan and mature leaves are longer. The
flowers of C. ‘Summer Belle’ are larger than the usual C. glabra var
turnbullii varieties.
Banksia paludosa 'Little Pal'
Distinctive characters and diagnosis:
Banksia paludosa is a low spreading shrub 0.5-1.5m in diameter with small flowers 5-10cm long x 3-4cms in
diameter. Banksia 'Little Pal' is a dwarf or low-growing selection.
Flower colour:Buff yellow
Habit/description: Moderately dense, small shrub
Plant size: 0.5m (h) x 1.2m (w)
Flower size: 150mm long x 60mm diameter
Flowering time: Feb-June
Leaves (Foliage colour): Deep green
Frost hardiness: High
Years in cultivation: Introduced to the wholesale nursery industry in February 2004.
Has the cultivar been tested? This selection has remained consistent in form since collecting around 1995 and through successive propagation seasons, at various localities especially at my original property at
Hoddles Creek Victoria.