Grevillea rosmarinifolia 'Lara Dwarf'
It is a prostrate to procumbent shrub growing to a height of
up to 300mm by up to 1m wide.The grey leaves are up to 14mm long by about
2mm wide. The leaf edges are rolled under.The flowers are borne at the ends
of short branchlets. Individual florets are creamy white blushed pink and
are about 7mm long and the deep pink styles are 18mm long. The main
flowering period is from April to October.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different from the known forms of G.
rosmarinifolia in its prostrate and compact growth habit, grey foliage and
masses of flowers which are easily visible.
Grevillea 'Shirley Howie'
The pointed leaves are entire and up to 45cm long by about 4mm
wide. The upper surface is green with a distinct mid-vein whilst the
underside is covered in short hairs. The mid-vein is also prominent on the
underside. The leaf edges are rolled under. The flowers are born in dense
clusters at the ends of laterals - some short and others long and the
styles 10mm long.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different from its stated parents in that it grows higher than is usual for G. capitellata and the leaves are larger than is usual for G. capitellata and the leaves are larger than is usual for G. sericea.
Grevillea 'Poorinda Illumina'
G. 'Poorinda Illumina' grows to a dense shrub about 1m tall
and 1.5m across. Its distinguishing feature is its arched, cascading
branches. The foliage is grey-green which contrasts well with the dark
pink/red flowers. The leaves are about 1.8cm long and 2mm wide with pungent
tips and revolute edges. The flowers are profuse, in terminal clusters on
short branchlets. The perianth is deep pink grading to pale cream on the
limb with matching pink styles.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar bears a great resemblance to G. lavandulacea
which has resulted in confusion over its identity. It differs in that G.
'Poorinda Illumina' has arching branches and the individual flowers are
about 8mm long as compared with those of G. lavandulacea which are about
1cm long.
Grevillea 'McDonald Park'
This cultivar grows to +150mm tall by +600mm across. It forms
a dense, low spreading shrub. The stems are round and the new branchlets
are short and covered in hairs. The leaves are densely packed on the
branchlets and are ± 20mm long by +3mm wide. The leaf margins are recurved
to revolute and the leaves are densely covered with silky hairs underneath
and sparsely covered above. The flowers are borne in terminal racemes on
the branchlets. They are red and yellow in colour and very similiar to the
flowers of G. alpina. The perianth segments are almost glabrous with some
sparse hairs while the style is densely covered with silky hairs.
Diagnosis:
The cultivar is low growing and very dense. In habit it closely
resembles G. alpina, with the density and leaf size of G. rosmarinifolia.
The cultivar's leaves are midway between the narrow, linear sharp pointed
leaves of G.rosmarinifolia and the flattish, oblong leaves of G.alpina. The
margins are recurved to revolute compared to the revolute margins of G.
rosmarinifolia and the flat leaves of G.alpina. The foliage and flowers are
midway between the glabrous nature of G.rosmarinifolia and the hairiness of
the leaves and flowers of G.alpina. The newer growth is hairy but not as
much so as G.alpinaand more so than G. rosmarinifolia.
Note:
This cultivar has previously been catalogued and sold as G. alpina
'Mcdonell Park' and G. alpina 'Mcdonald Park'. These names are incorrcct as
the plant is of hybrid origin.
Comparators:
Grevillea rosmarinifolia NBG 020246; Grevillea
alpina NBG 036418.
Grevillea 'Fanfare'
Note:
Specimen received as G. 'Austraflora Fan-Fare'. Originally registered
as Grevillea 'Austraflora Fanfare'
It is a plant exhibiting a generally prostrate habit with a
spread of 4-5m. The leaves are deeply lobed and up to 150mm long by up to
45mm wide across the lobes. Each lobe is about 10mm wide and ends in a
point. On the specimen examined there were up to 18 lobes per leaf. The
leaves are dark green on the upper surface with a sparse covering of long
silky hairs when young. These hairs are lost as the leaf matures, however
the underside retains a dense covering of silky hairs much longer. The dark
flowers are of the "toothbrush" type and are produced in the leaf axils.
Individual flowers are about 8mm long while the dusty pink styles are about
25mm long. The colour of the style is the dominant flower colour.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different form Grevillea longifolia in habit
and leaf shape. Grevillea 'Austraflora Fanfare' is generally prostrate
compared with up to 20mm wide for Grevillea longifolia. The width of
individual lobes varies form 10mm for Grevillea 'Austraflora Fanfare' to
5mm for Grevillea longifolia. This cultivar is different from Grevillea x
gaudichaudii in shape of leaf. Grevillea 'Austraflora Fanfare' has longer;
150mm, and narrower; 45mm wide leaves compared with leaves up to 85mm long
and up to 65mm wide for Grevillea x gaudichaudii. Two similar registered
cultivars with lobed leaves and a prostrate habit are Grevillea 'Poorinda
Royal Carpet' and Grevillea>'Poorinda Royal Mantle'. Grevillea
'Austraflora Fanfare' is different form Grevillea 'Poorinda Royal Carpet'
in leaf shape and style colour. Grevillea 'Poorinda Royal Carpet' has both
entire and lobed leaves. Grevillea 'Austraflora Fanfare' does not have
entire leaves and they are also longer and wider than those of Grevillea
'Poorinda Royal Carpet'. Grevillea 'Austraflora Fanfare' has a dusty pink
styles compared with deep pink styles for Grevillea 'Poorinda Royal
Carpet'. Grevillea 'Austraflora Fanfare' is different form Grevillea
'Poorinda Royal Mantle' in leaf shape and style colour. Grevillea
'Poorinda Royal Mantle' has both entire and lobed leaves. Grevillea
'Austraflora Fanfare' does not have entire leaves. Its leaves are also
longer and wider than those of Grevillea 'Poorinda Royal Mantle'.
Grevillea 'Austraflora Fanfare' has dusty pink styles compared with deep
pink for Grevillea 'Poorinda Royal Mantle'.
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
Grevillea 'Poorinda Royal Mantle'
The leaves vary from entire to lobes. The entire leaves
measure up to 90mm long by about 20mm wide. The lobed leaves are about
100mm long and about 40mm wide across their widest point. New growth is
densely covered with silky hairs on both sides of the leaves. As the leaves
mature they lose their hairs on the upper surface whilst retaining those on
the underside. The new foliage is coppery red in colour and most
attractive. The flowers are of the "toothbrush" type and are borne
terminally on short branchlets and occasionally on the main stems opposite
the leaves. The perianth is dark red and about 10mm long and the styles
about 25mm long.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different from G. laurifolia in that most
leaves are lobed and is different form G. willisii in that the cultivar is
prostrate.
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.