Acacia cardiophylla 'Gold Lace'
Acacia ' Gold Lace' is a perennial shrub with a trailing
prostrate growth habit. Its flowering is observed to differ from the
standard A. cardiophylla form. Flowering occurs from August to mid
September, when the plants produce many mildly perfumed golden yellow
globular heads about 1cm in diameter in dense ancillary racemes 3-5cm,
long. The foliage of 'Kuranga Gold Lace' is typical A. cardiophylla and not
observed to differ from the standard form. The stems' prostrate growth
habit is the main characteristic distinguishing 'Kuranga Gold Lace' from
other A. cardiophylla. The stems of 'Kuranga Gold Lace' also differ from
those of the standard A. cardiophylla in becoming tortuous with age.
Diagnosis:
This variety is distinct from all other known varieties in
having the following combination of characters:
a prostrate trailing growth
habit (attaining little more then 20cm height) with stems becoming slightly
tortuous in age.
GROWTH HABIT
prostrate & trailing
erect & arching
All characteristics described and comparisions are from comparative growing
trials conducted at Wandin North, Victoria in 1989. Trials consisted of 25
plants 'Kuranga Gold Lace' grown from cuttings (potted January, 1989) with
25 plants grown from A. cardiophylla seed (sown August 1988 - potted
January 1989), all in 15cm pots outdoors. Potting mixture was 'Debco'
soilless mix. Measurements of 20 randomly selected plants were taken in
April, 94 days after potting. Four year old tub grown plants of the variety
were also measured.
Agonis flexuosa 'Variegata'
Diagnosis:
Agonis 'Variegata' differs from other known forms of this
species in its variegated leaves. The variegation consists of a yellow
border varying in width from 0.5-1mm, and a pale green mid portion from
1-2mm broad with a darker midrib in some leaves. Reversion to normal leaves
can occur as is demonstrated on the specimen described here. The green
leaves, produced on a lateral branchlet, are in general larger than the
variegated leaves. In this specimen the former are 45-80mm long and 2-4mm
broad, the variegated leaves on the other hand, are 20-50mm long and 2-4mm
broad. In addition the green portion of the variegated leaves is paler than
the normal leaf colour and seem to emphasis an overall less vigorous
appearance.
NB. In the above cultivar name the latinized form is conserved in
accordance with part 'b' of article 27 in The International Code of
Nomenclature of Cultivated Plants.
Agonis 'Fairy Foliage'
Diagnosis:
The distinguishing feature which makes this plant different from
the normal form is that the leaves are much more crowded. Individual leaf
lamina are generally narrower than normal, the lamina always ending a third
to a half the way along the leaf. The remainder of the leaf is reduced to a
thread-like extension of the mid-rib.
Agonis flexuosa 'Belbra Gold'
This cultivar is a leaf colour form of Agonis flexuosa
(Spreng) Schau. It is a dense shrub that grows to ca. 5m tall by 5m wide.
As the leaves first appear they have a reddish tinge but this quickly
changes to a pale yellow forming a golden crown on the plant. As the leaves
mature there is once again a colour change, as they revert to green or a
pale yellow mottled with green. Shortly after this last change the mature
leaves are dropped from the plant. When viewed from a short distance the
plant is a distinct golden colour. The colour of the foliage can be
affected by the amount of light intensity. The golden colour is more
pronounced during summer months in full light. The other features of the
cultivar correspond with those of Agonis flexuosa.
Diagnosis:
A. 'Belbra Gold' is readily distinguished from the usual A.
flexuosa by its foliage colour and its ultimate height, the cultivar only
growing to 5m. It can be distinguished easily from A. flexuosa 'Variegata'
as the variegation is different. A. flexuosa 'Variegata' has leaves with
yellow margins and a green centre as compared to all yellow or yellow
mottled green of A. 'Belbra Gold'.
Comparators:
Agonis flexuosa 'Variegata' (ACRA Number 4) held at
the Herbarium, National Botanic Gardens, Canberra.
Anigozanthos 'Bush Spark'
Dwarf habit. Not as vigorous in humid climates where it can be disease-prone and Flowers in spring, summer, winter.
Anigozanthos 'Rambocano'
Dwarf clumping selection 0.6-07 m with masses of orange/red flowers in Spring.
Anigozanthos flavidus 'Werite Woorata'
The branched flower spike is approximately 50cm high. The
dominant colour of the flower is dark red to burgundy.
Diagnosis:
The floral tube is reduced from the normal Anigozanthos flavidus
and the petals are lengthened into finger like processes.
Xerochrysum bracteatum 'Cockatoo'
This cultivar forms a bush that is compact and very dense and grows to plus/minus 1m tall x plus/minus 1m wide. The leaves are covered with fine hairs which gives them a greyish bloom. They are oblanceolate in shape and vary from 6 to 12cm in length. The stems are also covered in fine
hairs. The inflorescence is large, averaging 7cm in diameter. The ray florets are very numerous and are plus/minus 21.5cm long. They are a light lemon yellow in colour, with odd flowers showing mottled ray florets of a deeper yellow colour. The disc florets are a golden orange. The flowers are
displayed well on long stems held some 12-15cm above the foliage. The flowering period is spread over spring, summer and autumn but some flowers are found all year round.
Diagnosis:
The cultivar differs from its parents in the colour of its inflorescence and the size and shape of the shrub. Its perennial habit is the same as for both parents.
Xerochrysum bracteatum 'Barleythorpe'
This cultivar grows into a dense shrub plus/minus 60cm tall by
up to 1m wide. The leaves are similar in size and shape to X. 'Dargan Hill
Monarch' but lack the dense tomentum of that cultivar. The inflorescence is
much the same size as X. 'Dargan Hill Monarch', being some 7-9cm in
diameter. X. 'Barleythorpe' has inner involucral bracts that are narrower
and more numerous than in B. 'Dargan Hill Monarch'. The inflorescence is
golden yellow in colour and the flowering season extends from spring to
autumn.
Diagnosis:
Xerochrysum 'Barleythorpe' can be distinguished from B. 'Dargan
Hill Monarch' by the more numerous and narrower inner involucral bracts and
the less tomentose leaves.
Comparators:
Xerochrysum 'Dargan Hill Monarch' CBG 8006644.
Xerochrysum bracteatum 'Golden Bowerbird'
Xerochrysum 'Golden Bowerbird' forms a shrub plus/minus 40cm
tall by 70cm wide and has foliage very similar to both parents. The foliage
is grey in appearance due to the heavy tomentum covering the leaves. The
inflorescences of the cultivar are carried plus/minus 10cm above the
foliage and are up to 10cm across, through more commonly are 9cm across.
They are larger than the inflorescences of both the parents. The bracts are
numerous, averaging 300 per inflorescence, compared with 80 in Bracteantha
'Dargan Hill Monarch' and 200 in Xerochrysum 'Cockatoo'. This gives a
"doubled" appearance to the inflorescence. The buds are brown in colour and
open to reveal clear yellow bracts and golden orange disc florets. The
florets are plus/minus 2.5cm in diameter.
Diagnosis:
Xerochrysum 'Golden Bowerbird' is easily distinguished from both
the parent forms by its much larger inflorescences, the far more numerous
ray florets, and the bush is smaller and more compact than either of the
parents. It is also a much brighter gold in colour than Xerochrysum
'Cockatoo'.
Comparators:
Xerochrysum 'Dargan Hill Monarch' CBG 8006644;
Xerochrysum 'Cockatoo' CBG 7911034.