Kunzea 'Badja Carpet'
It is a dense prostrate plant spreading up to 4m and reaching
a height of 600mm. The dark green leaves are small being up to 7mm long by
3mm wide. New stems are dark red in colour. The white flowers are produced
terminally in small clusters on short branchlets. New growth originates
from the centre of the flower cluster.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different form the known normal forms of
Kunzea capitata in its prostrate habit and white flowers. Kunzea capitata
is usually an erect or rounded shrub to1.5m in height with mauve flowers.
Melaleuca 'Ballarkona'
Large open shrub to 5m in diameter with linear, crowded, dark
green leaves and flowerheads on lateral growths usually 80-100mm long x
30mm in diameter, cream.
Diagnosis:
Melaleuca 'Ballarkona' may be a hybrid with one parent likely to
be M. armillaris. At around 5 metres in diameter M. 'Ballarkona' has the
appearance of a smaller form of M. armillaris which generally grows to
between 4-10 metres high by 2-8 metres in diameter. The smaller growth
habit is combined with much larger flowers which are produced prolifically
in spring mostly between 80-100 mm x 30 mm in diameter as opposed to the
standard M. armillaris flowers which are approximately 30-60mm x 20-25mm in
diameter.
Philotheca verrucosa 'J. Semmens'
This cultivar grows to 0.6m tall by 0.6m wide and its foliage
is often sparse. The flowers are 15mm to 25mm across and consist of three
layers of petals which surround petaloid stamens. The flowering season is
August to October. All other characteristics of the cultivar are as for P.
verrucosa.
Diagnosis:
The cultivar can be easily distinguished from the usual form of
P. verrucosa by the multi-petalled flowers.
Diagnosis:
Other multi-petalled forms of P. verrucosa have been recorded,
but material is not available for examination for difference. Written
descriptions of the various forms appear similiar.
Grevillea 'Poorinda Golden Lyre'
Leaves have a dark upper surface whilst the underside is covered with dense silky hairs. Individual leaves are approximately 3cm long and up to 1.2cm wide. The edges ar e rolled under. Flower clusters are
borne terminally on short laterals. Perianth tube and limb is a rich yellow in colour and up to 2cm in length. Style is red and up to about 2cm in length. The flowers are said to be sterile.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is distinguished from its parents in that it falls
intermediate between them in both size of leaf and flower.
Babingtonia pluriflora 'White Cascade'
This cultivar is a low spreading shrub to 0.5 metres tall by
up to 1.5 metres wide. The branchlets are pendulous and the new growth is
an attractive coppery colour. The flowers are borne in the summer and
autumn months.
Diagnosis:
Baeckea 'Wirreanda White Cascade' was selected initially because
of its different flowering time and pendulous flowers. The fact that it
flowers in autumn as well as summer was noted after the original selection.
There are other forms of Baeckea virgata already registered as cultivars
B. 'Howie's Sweet Midget' being a smaller cultivar with a more compact
habit and much smaller and finer foliage. B. 'Howie's Feathertips' also has
finer foliage but grows to a similar size than B. 'Wirreanda White
Cascade'. The latter also flowers in autumn different from the former two
cultivars.
Leptospermum polygalifolium 'Coastal Carpet'
A dense prostrate form of Leptospermum polygalifolium which
grows up 30cms tall by 3 metres in diameter. Leaves dark green and features
pink/red new growth. Flowers white 10mm in diameter and profuse in
September.
Diagnosis/comparators:
Leptospermum polygalifolium is usually a large shrub
or small tree. The closest cultivar is Leptospermum ‘Pacific Beauty’ which
is a low spreading shrub 1-1.5 metres x 2-3 metres. There are no other
registered or known prostrate forms of this species to compare with.
RHS Colour Chart 1995:
N/A
CULTIVATION:Leptospermum polygalifolium ‘Coastal Carpet’ has been in
cultivation since 2004.
Callistemon 'Burgundy'
This cultivar forms a dense shrub to a height of about 3m with
an equal or slightly wider spread. The leaves are entire and about 45mm
long by about 8mm wide. The new tip growth is pink and densely covered with
silky hairs. The flowers are produced in dense "bottlebrush" clusters.
These clusters are often produced in bunches. Individual "bottlebrushes"
are very dark red fading to deep purple-violet with age. They are about
90mm long by about 45mm wide. The stamens are the colourful parts of the
flower
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different from Callistemon 'Reeve's Pink' and
Callistemon 'Mauve Mist' in flower colour. Callistemon 'Burgundy' has very
dark red "brushes" compared with pink for Callistemon 'Reeve's Pink' and
pinkish mauve for Callistemon 'Mauve Mist'.
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.
Anigozanthos 'Unity'
Anigozanthos 'Unity' has flower stems to ca. 1.5m tall, mostly
glabrous with a few scattered plumose purple hairs becoming more dense
towards the flowers. The flowers are in simple racemes on pedicels to ca.
6mm long. The woolly hairs on the ovary are red with some black tips. The
hairs become less dense towards the perianth lobes allowing equal dominance
of yellow green hairs. The perianth tube is ca. 40mm long, glabrous inside
above the middle and with simple hairs below the middle some of these with
sellate tips. The perianth lobes are ca. 10mm long with plumose silvery
grey hairs inside. The anthers are about the same length as the filaments,
the connective tipped with a small gland-like appendage. There are ca. 5
ovules per locule.
Diagnosis:
The flowers of Anigozanthos 'Unity' are similar in shape to A.
rufus but are longer with a slightly more prominent ovary. The flowers are
a much darker red than A. rufus and less uniform in colour with the upper
half of the tube showing yellow green hairs more the colour of those in A.
flavidus. Unlike A. flavidus, the stems of Anigozanthos 'Unity' are hairy
but the hairs are darker and there are more of them than in A. flavidus
and they are fewer than in A. rufus. There are two other cultivars form the
same hybrid cross. Anigozanthos 'Red Cross' and Anigozanthos 'Velvet
Harmony'. Anigozanthos 'Red Cross' is of a similar height with individual
flowers ca. 30mm long. It is most easily distinguished from Anigozanthos
'Unity' by the presence of a very distinct bright yellow patch at the base
of the flower. Anigozanthos 'Velvet Harmony' has flowers with a tube ca.
25-27mm long which appear a darker colour due to the thicker hairs on the
perianth. The flower stem is also more branched in Anigozanthos 'Velvet
Harmony'.
Anigozanthos 'Charm'
Note:
Formerly A. 'Elegant Charmer'
This cultivar is a neat 0.5m plant with glossy green leaves to
0.3 m. Flower stems are 1m and branched. Flowers are borne in September to
November and are reddish orange with cream anthers.
Diagnosis:
A.flavidus grows to 1.0m tall by 1.0m wide. Flowers from October to
February. Leaves are glabrous. The flower stems are 2.0m, branched and
smooth tubular, 3-4cm densely hairy. The lobes are not turned back, colours
are yellow-green, red, pink, yellow and green. Common in a wide range of
soils and climate but frost damage can occur. Moist light to medium soils
and partial to full sun seems best. Propagation is by seed or division.
A.preissii grows to 0.6m tall by 0.3m wide. Flowers from August to
November. Leaves are deciduous; sparse, nearly terete, finely pointed.
Flower stems are 1.0m long, tubular, 5-6cm woolly hairs. Two terminal
clusters , lobed but not reflexed. Claw-like in appearance, orange to
yellow and red colour.Cultivation is difficult, prefers moist and
well-drained soil in partial to full sun. Divide regularly to promote
vigorous growth. Does well in containers. Propagation is by seed or
division.
Anigozanthos 'Charm' is a manipulated hybrid growing to 0.6m in height.
Flowers from September to November. Leaves are glossy green, 0.3m in
length. Flower stems are reddish-orange and the anthers are cream. A
feature is the cultivar's resistance to snails and ink disease. Propagation
is by vegetative means only.
A. flavidus wild, lvs 1.0m h x1.0m w, fls Tubular; 3-4cm, densely hairy; lobes not turned back. Yellow-green, red, pink, yellow, green. Oct-Jan, scape height 2m
A. preissii wild, lvs 0.6m h x 0.3, fls Tubular 5-6m, woolly hairs; 2 terminal cluster; lobed but not reflexed.
Claw-like. Orange to yellow, red.Aug-Nov, scape height -
'Charm' manipulated hybrid, lvs 0.5m h, fls Reddish orange; cream anthers. Sept-Nov, scape height 1m
Note:
Sought registration as Anigozanthos 'Elegant Charmer' in September
1980.