Grevillea 'Starfire'
Grevillea 'Starfire' grows into a bushy shrub 2.5m tall and
1.5m wide. The foliage is dark green on the upper surface and the lower
surface is covered in closely appressed silvery hairs which give a silvery
appearance. The leaves are compound and are about 29cm long and 24cm wide.
The midrib of each leaf is prominent, raised on the lower surface and a
contrasting yellow green on the lower surface. The inflorescences are
cylindrical racemes 15-16cm long and about 8cm across. Flowers are produced
throughout the year but are most prolific from November to April. On
opening the flowers are a coppery brown but this colour quickly changes to
a bright red. The styles are a contrasting pink with yellow stigmas.
Diagnosis:
Grevillea 'Starfire' resembles both its parents. G. 'Honey Gem'
has greyed yellow lobes with yellow styles, G. 'Starfire' has dark red
lobes with pink styles, and G. 'Starflame' has red lobes with red styles.
Grevillea 'Pink Star'
This cultivar grows to a height of 2m with a spread of 2m.
Leaves are crowded and scattered around the stems. They are glossy green on
top and pale beneath. The leaf margins are recurved downwards. Mature
leaves are more or less 15mm long by 3mm wide. Leaves on the lateral
branches are smaller and more crowded, more or less 10mm in length. Flowers
are borne terminally on the short lateral branches in short racemes.
Perianth segments are pink and cream and the styles are pink and silky
hairy. The flowers are more or less 25mm long and 5mm wide at the widest
point. The cultivar is very floriferous, the main season being spring, with
odd flowers being found all year round.
Diagnosis:
The cultivar is distinguished from Grevillea baueri in that its
leaves are much narrower and the leaf margins are recurved. Grevillea
baueri is generally a more compact shrub than Grevillea 'Pink Star
Chamelaucium uncinatum 'University'
This cultivar is a low growing form of Chamelaucium uncinatum
. It has an open habit and sparse, woody branches. Although flowering is
less prolific than on most forms the individual flowers are a spectacular
colour, opening deep pink and darkening with age to a deep purple. The
flowers are ca. 20mm in diameter with average to large petals.
Anigozanthos 'Bush Ranger'
This cultivar grows to 55cm tall by 25cm wide. The leaves are
a bright green and up to 20cm long. They tend towards being sickle shaped
and the leaf margins have scattered hairs. The flowers, as with many
Anigozanthos, appear to be multicoloured and the colours change as the
flowers age. The younger flowers are a green-yellow, but the perianth is
covered in plumose-red and occasional green-black hairs which make it
appear orange. The older flowers are a dull red, some with a purplish
tinge. The perianth is tubular and up to 4cm long. The flowers are in
simple terminal racemes, and the flowering stems are occasionally branched.
The flowering season is during the spring and summer months. There are
numerous ovules per locule.
Diagnosis:
Anigozanthos humilis:
10-50cm tall x 10cm wide, leaves 15-20cm long x 1cm
wide, leaf margins hairy, leaves hairy to glabrous. Flower stem up to 50cm
tall and covered in woolly hairs, unbranched to occasionally forked.
Flowers tubular to 5cm long and covered in short hairs. The perianth lobes
are slightly curved back and the flower colour can be from
cream/yellow/orange/pink/red.
Anigozanthos 'Bush Ranger':
45-55cm tall x 20cm wide, leaves less than 20cm
long, margins with scattered hairs, glabrous. Flower stems up to 55cm,
coated in light hairs which become denser towards the top, occasionally
branched. Flowers are tubular and up to 4cm long, covered with dense hairs.
The perianth lobes are not turned back and the flower colour can be from
orange-red to purple on older flowers.
Anigozanthos flavidus:
from 50-200+cm tall x 100cm wide. Leaves to 100cm
long x 2-4cm wide, glabrous. Flower stem to 200+cm tall, glabrous to where
branching starts. Flowers tubular, 3-4cm long and covered in dense hairs,
lobes not turned back. Flower colour can be from red/orange/pink/yellow/
and green.
Anigozanthos 'Spence's Spectacular'
The stems are up to 0.8m tall, almost glabrous but becoming
more hairy towards the inflorescence. The flowers are in brached racemes on
stalks to ca. 7mm long. The stem is covered with plumose hairs which is red
over the ovary, gradually becoming light orange and then darkening towards
the lobes giving a dull red brown appearance. The perianth tube is ca.
4.5cm long with dense, plumose silvery hairs inside. The anthers are linear
and not as long as the filaments, with a very prominent brown appendage on
the connective. There are at least 12 ovules per locule.
Diagnosis:
The cultivar differs form A. preissii in having a shorter
corolla tube and the two outer lobes are more reflexed. The flowering stem
is more branched, generally having three branches (A. preisii only having
two). The length of the flowering stem is much longer than A.preisssii. The
leaves are much broader, a deeper green with a tinge of red and longer than
A. preissii. They are deciduous and usually die off by mid summer in
Western Australia. Anigozanthos 'Spence's Spectacular' has a longer and
much broader corolla tube than A. flavidus. The anthers are green with a
light brown tinge. They are always orange on A. flavidus and bend back at
an angle of 45 degrees. The flower stems are much shorter than A. flavidus
and are less branched. The leaves ar more upright and narrower than A.
flavidus and they are not evergreen. It is similar to Anigozanthos 'Regal
Claw', but is darker in colour than Anigozanthos 'Regal Claw'.
Anigozanthos flavidus 'Pink Joey'
Diagnosis:
This cultivar differs fron A. flavidus in its small stature and
pale purplish pink flowers. It usually only grows to ca. 500mm tall.
Notes:
This cultivar is well suited to almost any soils though does best in
an open position.
Boronia pinnata 'Spring White'
This cultivar is very floriferous, bearing clear white flowers
plus/minus 1.3cm in diameter. All other features of the cultivar are as for
B. pinnata.
Pandorea jasminoides 'Charisma'
Note:
Originally Pandorea jasminoides 'Snow Storm'
This cultivar has an irregular venation on the leaves. In some
cases complete leaflets can be variegated while in other cases the
variegation can be smallish areas on the margins of the leaflets. Other
features of the plant are the same as P. jasminoides.
Diagnosis:
Pandorea 'Charisma' is distinguished from the normal form of
Pandorea jasminoides because of the leaf variegation.
Callistemon 'Red Reika'
This cultivar grows to about 4m tall by 3 to 4m wide. The
flowers are red in colour, 150mm long by about 65mm wide. The flowering
period is from October to December.
Diagnosis:
In most respects this cultivar is similar to Callistemon
'Harkness'.
It can be distinguished from Callistemon 'Harkness' by the longer and wider
inflorescences and by the flower colour, which is a deeper red.
Other notes:
The cultivar has proven drought tolerant and frost hardy.
Propagation must be by vegetative means to preserve the cultivar form.
Callistemon 'Glasshouse Country'
This cultivar grows to 3-5m tall by 1.5m wide. The growth
habit is very upright. The trunk is covered in a soft fissured bark that is
papery underneath. The mature foliage is rather stiff and prickly while the
younger growth is paler and is covered with silky hairs. The young foliage
is one of the features of this plant. The flower spikes are from 50-55mm
long with some spring inflorescences reaching 70mm long by 40mm wide. The
flowers are produced in the spring and autumn with occasional flowers
during the summer. The anthers are a light gold in colour and the filaments
are a deep pink.
Diagnosis:
This plant closely resembles C. salignus in most respects and it
is difficult to distinguish it. The hybrid origin of the cultivar has been
established only because the original seedlings were raised from seed taken
from a plant of Callistemon sp. (Tinaroo). The leaves are slightly smaller
than is usual for C. salignus, being up to 60mm long although often
smaller. The ultimate height is also less. The bark is soft but fissured on
the outside with papery bark underneath as compared to the papery bark of
C. salignus. Otherwise, the general appearance is as for C. salignus. A
similar cultivar form the same hybrid cross, Callistemon 'Glasshouse Gem'
can be distinguished by its slightly lighter pink flower colour and its
deep pink new growth.
Seed was originally collected off Callistemon sp.
(Tinaroo) in the mid-1960's. C. salignus occurred naturally in the district
and the resultant seedlings showed distinct characteristics of the latter
species. Seed was collected from the better forms of the hybrid seedlings
and plants were subsequently planted in the applicant's new garden in 1980.
Callistemon 'Glasshouse Country' is the result of one of these seedlings.
Mr WG Trapnell of Save The Trees Nursery in Zillmere examined some of the
seedlings and concluded that Callistemon 'Glasshouse Country' had a good
habit and attractive flower colour. The new growth was also attractive. Mr
Trapnell is growing Callistemon 'Glasshouse Country' for sale through his
nursery outlet.