Boronia muelleri 'Sunset Serenade'
This cultivar grows to about 1m tall by up to 1m wide. It is a
dense bush and very floriferous. The main flowering season is from August
to December though occasional flowers are found throughout the year. The
flowers are up to 10mm across and are pink in colour.
Diagnosis:
B. muelleri 'Sunset Serenade' can be distinguished from other
forms of B. muelleri by its smaller stature, denser habit and greater
floriferousness.
Boronia 'Carousel'
This cultivar is a moderately dense upright shrub, growing
from 1-4 metres tall, but usually is 2m tall by 1.5m wide. The foliage is a
very dark green. The flowers occur in mid spring (late October to early
November in Sydney), are pink in colour aging to a deep red. The petals
last for a long period.
Diagnosis:
Boronia 'Carousel':
An upright shrub 1-4 metres tall by 1.5m wide. Leaves
pinnate to 35mm long, leaflets to 10mm long, dark green and mainly glabrous
(some scattered hairs along main vein). Flowers bell shaped, ca. 8mm long,
solitary, petals bright pink aging to deep red. Flowers October-November.
Boronia heterophylla (Red or Kalgan Boronia):
An upright, bushy shrub to 3m
tall by 2m wide though usually smaller and narrower. Leaves pinnate or
simple to 50mm long, leaflets to 30mm long, dark green and glabrous.
Flowers bell shaped, ca. 10mm long, solitary, petals reddish-pink and fade
as they age, slightly fragrant. Flowers can be found between
August-November.
Boronia molloyae (Tall Boronia):
An upright to spreading shrub 1-4m tall by
1-2m wide. Leaves pinnate, 20-50mm long, dark green and hairy, aromatic.
Flowers bell like, ca. 5mm long, solitary, pinkish-red, not fading with
age. Flowers October-January
The main characteristics of importance are the length of time the flowers
are held and the retention of the colour of the flowers as they age.
Boronia 'Tyalge Ruby'
Small shrub. Leaves strongly fragrant (citronella), 7-11
lobed, to 2.5cm long. Leaflets 8 - 10 mm long, oil glands on upper surface,
small hairs (sparse) on margins. Flowers usually 4 petals, 4 stamens and 4
carpels but occasionally 5 petals, 9 stamens and 5 carpels.
Diagnosis:
Boronia 'Tyalge Ruby' differs from B. muellerii by having
smaller but strongly fragrant leaves, like B. citriodora. It differs from
B. pilosa in having fragrant leaves. It has smaller leaves than B.
citriodora and B. pinnata. It has larger leaves than B. citrata and B.
'Sunset Serenade' but is also more fragrant than the latter.
Boronia pilosa 'Rose Blossom'
This cultivar grows to 0.6m tall by 0.6m wide and is very
dense. The flowers are double and deep pink in colour. The flowering period
is from late winter to spring in Melbourne.
Diagnosis:
The cultivar can be distinguished by the double flowers and its
noticeably denser growth habit.
Brachychiton 'Griffith Pink'
This cultivar will grow from 9 to 10m tall. The mature leaves
have prominent lobes and are maple like in shape. Mature leaves are up to
12cm broad at their widest point and are distinctly veined. The flowers,
found from approximately November to March, are pink in colour and very
conspicuous. They are slightly hairy, with the hairs being a light rusty
brown colour. The underside of the calyx is mottled with white.
Diagnosis:
Brachychiton 'Griffith Pink' differs from Brachychiton
'Jerilderie Red', a similar cultivar in that the flowers are larger and a
deeper colour and the leaves are lobed. The leaves of Brachychiton
'Griffith Pink' are smaller than B. discolour.
Brachychiton 'Jerilderie Red'
This cultivar is a tree ca. 9m tall by 6.5m wide. The canopy
is dense. The leaves vary somewhat in size but have the long, slender
petiole. They are a dull green in colour. The leaves are simple, lanceolate
with an acuminate apex (1). The flower panicles are densely packed with
dull red flowers. When in bud the calyx is covered in brownish stellate
hairs which gradually diminish as the flower ages. The calyx is mottled red
and white on the inside. Flowers are found during the summer months.
Diagnosis:
The venation of the leaves is very similar to that of B.
acerifolius with the ends of the lateral veins dividing and curved along
the leaf margins. Leaves are generally intermediate in size between those
of the parents. The leaf apices are long and acuminate compared to the more
acute apex of B. acerifolius. The petioles are long and slender as in B.
populneus. The calyx is a dull red covered with stellate hairs when young,
gradually diminishing as the flowers age. The bright red calyx of B.
acerifolius is glabrous while the cream calyx of B. populneus is pubescent
outside. The fruits are from 6 to 8cm long while mature fruits of B.
acerifolius are ca. 12cm long and 4 to 7cm long in B. populneus. The
general morphology of the cultivar is as for B. populneus.
Brachyscome multifida 'Breakoday'
This cultivar grows to ca.200m tall by up to 800m wide. The
heads are a deep mauve in colour and up to 20mm across.
Diagnosis:
B. 'Breakoday' has a more compact habit and heads with deeper
coloured ray flowers than the more usual form of the species. It is also
immediately distinct because of its darker and broader leaf lobes.
Grevillea 'Lyn Parry'
This cultivar grows to ca. 1.3m tall by 1m across. The leaves
are from 15mm to 35mm long, occasional silky hairs above and densely silky
tomentose below. The leaves are lanceolate with an apiculate apex. The leaf
margins are rolled under. The older branches have a very scattered covering
of small, silky hairs while the younger branchlets are densely covered with
rusty brown hairs. The peduncles and buds are covered in appressed silky
hairs that are rusty reddish in colour. The perianth is approximately 6mm
long and a dull pink in colour. The style is a dull red. The ovary and
inside of the perianth are covered with dense, long, silky hairs. The
flower racemes are terminal and umbel-like. The cultivar bears occasional
flowers all year with the main flowering period being spring.
Diagnosis:
The hybrid origin of this cultivar is very obvious upon closer
examination.
Comparators:
G. buxifolia CBG 7807709; G. sericea CBG 057389.
Chamelaucium uncinatum 'Wilson'
This cultivar forms a shrub ca. 3m tall by 3m wide. The leaves
are ca. 30mm long. The average to large petalled flowers open a deep pink
purple colour and as they age turn a deeper purple. When open the staminal
collar is a very distinct white. The flowers average ca. 20mm in diameter.
Diagnosis:
The cultivar is a selected form of the species. The flower
colour is deep pink purple turning deeper purple with age is its
distinguishing feature. Should provide a statement contrasting the flower
colour of the species with the cultivar.