Boronia 'Telopea Valley Star'
Note:
Formerly B. 'Telopea Star'
This cultivar grows to plus/minus 1m tall by plus/minus 60cm
wide. It is fast growing, has an erect habit, and has quite long distances
(6-8cm) between nodes. These long internodal distances can tend to make the
shrub look sparse. The cultivar has round stems, and the newer growth has a
covering of fine brown hairs. The leaves are pinnate and glabrous, with the
leaflets being from plus/minus 2.5cm long by plus/minus .7cm wide. The
terminal leaflet is longer, being from plus/minus 3.5cm long by plus/minus
1cm wide. The leaflets are oblong-elliptical to lanceolate in shape.
The flowers are borne in umbels of 3-6 flowers either terminally on the
branchlets or in the leaf axils. They are pink in colour and star-shaped
and open well to plus/minus 1.5cm in diameter. Flowers are profuse in the
spring but odd flowers are found during most of the year.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar has only a light covering of brownish hairs on the
newer growth and the leaves are glabrous. B. mollis has a denser covering
of hairs on the new growth which extends for some distance down the stems.
The leaves on B. mollis have stellate hairs on the under side of the
leaves. The leaves of the cultivar when checked against specimens of B.
mollis are generally much larger. Whereas B. fraseri has many trifoliate
leaves, the leaves of the cultivar are truly pinnate. B. 'Telopea Valley
Star' has the long internodes of B. mollis. B. fraseri has much more
compact internodal distances, while B. fraseri has square sectioned stems.
The cultivar is more robust than either of its purported parents.
Comparators:
Boronia mollis NBG 006544, 002848; B. fraseri NBG
065889, 065890.
Boronia megastigma 'Virtuoso'
Boronia megastigma 'Virtuoso' is a colour form of B. megastigma differing from the norm in the very dark to near black coloured outside of the petals, anthers and carpel. The flowering period and form of the cultivar in all other respects is the same as for B. megastigma.
Boronia megastigma 'Jack Maguire's Red'
Note:
Formerly Boronia 'Uncle Jack's Red'
This cultivar is a flower colour form of the species. The flowers are a deep orange red on the outside of the perianth. All other features of the shrub are as for B. megastigma.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar can be distinguished by the flower colour (described in the colour code below).
Boronia mollis 'Lorne Pride'
The deep pink flowers are produced profusely in late winter
and through into spring. Occasional flowers are produced throughout the
rest of the year. The clusters of flowers are borne in the leaf axils.
Diagnosis:
Boronia 'Lorne Pride' is distinct from other forms of B. mollis
because of its rounded and compact, much branched habit.
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.
Syzygium australe 'Sunset'
This selection has burnt orange shiny new growth and vigorous growth which lends itself to being excellent for hedging. Shrub form 2-3 metres in diameter, flowers white with pink elongated fruit.
Syzygium australe 'Sunset'
This selection has burnt orange shiny new growth and vigorous growth which lends itself to being excellent for hedging. Shrub form 2-3 metres in diameter, flowers white with pink elongated fruit.
Chamelaucium 'Variegated Blush'
This many branched shrub grows to approximately 2 metres with flowers axillary; the flower colour varies from white at anthesis to a pink variegation at maturity. Diagnosis: This variety is distinct from any other known variety in having the following combination of characters: a small flower diameter proportional to tube length: calyx short and crescent shaped and flower colour white at anthesis blushing with age to a variegated mauve – pink corresponding to RHS 68A.