Grevillea 'Goldrush'
This cultivar is a small shrub to 0.8m tall by up to 1m wide.
It flowers in winter with yellow to pinkish flowers and a red style, though
the colours are subdued. The foliage is superficially like Grevillea
'Austraflora McDonald Park'
Diagnosis:
Grevillea 'Goldrush' is readily distinguished by the flower
colour. The flower colour is more subdued than Grevillea 'Austraflora
McDonald Park'. Grevillea 'Goldrush' is similar in flower to Grevillea
alpina 'Grampians Gold' but can be distinguished by the red style compared
with the yellow style of G. alpina 'Grampians Gold'. The yellow-green colouration of the stigmatic plate extends along theback of the stigma for about 4mm.
Correa 'Bett's Red'
It is a large open shrub growing to a height of about 1.5m by
about 2m wide. The leaves are up to 20mm long by about 10mm wide. The upper
surface is rough to the touch while the underside is rusty to light green
in colour and covered with matted woolly hairs. The younger stems are also
rough. The deep pink flowers are tubular and 35mm long. The colour is
slightly paler at the tips. The tips of the floral tube are partially
reflexed. The style and stamens protrude about 5mm beyond the rim of the
floral tube. It is reported to flower freely from March to October.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different from its assumed parents in size of
plant, flower colour and roughness of leaves, stems and flowers. Correa
'Bett's Red', growing to a height of about 1.5m, is larger than Correa
'Mannii' which usually grows up to 500mm. Correa'Bett's Red' has darker
pink flowers than Correa 'Mannii' and the roughness of the leaves, stems
and flowers of Correa 'Bett's Red' is much greater that shown by Correa
'Mannii'. Correa 'Bett's Red' is different from Correa reflexa in flower
colour and shape of the floral tube. Correa 'Bett's Red' has deep pink
flowers compared with red and/or green for Correa reflexa. The floral tube
also does not reflex to the same extent usually seen in Correa reflexa.
Grevillea 'New Blood'
Groundcover to 0.25m (h) x 1–1.5m (w)
Flowers:
March–September, bright red, conflorescence to 50mm in diameter
Foliage colour:
Dark green
Comparators:
Grevillea juniperina red prostrate form
Reasons for distinctiveness:
Compact plant with abundance of bright red
flowers.
Anigozanthos 'Red Cross'
This cultivar is a vigorous plant with flowering scapes to
1.6m tall. The flowering stems are multi-branched, thin and tend to spread
as broad as they are high. Up to 7600 individual flowers have been recorded
for a mature plant of the cultivar, and they are a rich burgundy in colour.
This colour is produced by the dense covering of plumose hairs on the
flowers and much of the flowering stem, fading in colour and intensity as
they reach lower down the stem. The flowers have a bright yellow green
patch of colour near the pedicel. Individual flowers are up to 30cm long by
ca. 8mm wide at the widest point of the corolla. The corolla tube is
terminated by six perianth lobes which taper to a point. These lobes are
reflexed when the flower is fully opened. Inside the perianth segments are
yellow green as are the stamens. The stamens are more or less as long as
the perianth tube. Leaf like bracts occur frequently on the flowering stem
and regularly reach 30cm long. The foliage is also vigorous with leaves
from 36 to 60cm long by 10 to 40mm wide.
Diagnosis:
Anigozanthos 'Red Cross' shows the vigour and longevity of A.
flavidus. The flowers have the rich colouring of A. rufus. The cultivar is
larger than the maternal parent but does not reach the proportions of a
well-grown plant of A. flavidus. The anthers are yellow green as are those
of all the A. flavidus hybrids, the orange anthers of A. flavidus being
recessive.There are two other cultivars that arise from this cross,
Anigozanthos 'Harmony' and Anigozanthos 'Unity'. The quickest and easiest
distinguishing feature is that Anigozanthos 'Red Cross' has a very distinct
yellow patch at the base of the flower. Anigozanthos 'Velvet Harmony' is a
much deeper colour while Anigozanthos 'Unity' has larger flowers, to 40mm
long as compared to 30mm for A. 'Red Cross'.
Grevillea 'Poorinda Beulah'
It is a dense shrub growing to a height of about 1.5m by about
2m wide. The leaves are often up to 100m long and are usually lobed. The
width of the leaves at their widest is about 30mm. New growth is an
attractive bronze colour whilst the upper surface of the older leaves is
dark shiny green. The underside is covered with dense silky hairs. The
flowers are of the "toothbrush" type and are borne terminally on short
branches. Occasionally flowers are produced on the stem opposite a leaf.
The perianth is smoky pink with a prominent style which graduates to yellow
at the tip. Individual flowers are aobut 10mm long and the styles 25mm
long.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different from its stated parent in leaf shape
and colour of style. Grevillea 'Poorinda Beulah' has an average of 3 lobes
per leaf compared with an average of 14 for Grevillea 'Poorinda Blondie'.
The perianth colour of both cultivars is the same, however the styles vary
from pink in Grevillea 'Poorinda Beulah' to yellow in Grevillea 'Poorinda
Blondie'.
Grevillea 'Poorinda Emblem'
It is a large shrub growing to a height of about 3-4m by the
same width. The leaves are very deeply lobed and are about 250mm long and
about 80mm wide across the lobes. Individual lobes are pungent and about
7mm wide. The upper leaf surface is dark shiny green whilst the underside
is covered with dense silky hairs. The leaves arch downwards and tend to
twist to one side. The new foliage is very densely covered with copper
coloured hairs. The flowers are of the "toothbrush" type and are borne
terminally on short branches and occasionally on the main stem opposite a
leaf. The perianth is purple-red and about 12mm long and the styles, also
purple-red, are about 20mm long.
Diagnosis:
Grevillea 'Poorinda Emblem' is different form Grevillea caleyi
in its leaf shape and less hairy foliage and stems. The leaf lobes are more
pointed than those of Grevillea caleyi. Flower colour is not significantly
different. It differs from Grevillea 'Poorinda Peter' in flower colour.
Grevillea 'Poorinda Emblem' has a dark red perianth while Grevillea
'Poorinda Peter' has a dark purple perianth.
Chamelaucium uncinatum 'Dowell'
This cultivar grows vigorously and at maturity attains a
height of 2m with an equal spread. The flowers are large with full petals
and measure ± 20mm across. The petals are light purple in colour and
recurve backwards as the flower ages. The staminal collar in this variety
is also large.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is distinguished by the flower colour.
Eucalyptus camaldulensis 'Dale Chapman'
Diagnosis:
This cultivar was selected for its rapid growth in dense
plantations. The tree has a strong central leader with a minimum of lateral
branching. It coppices readily and is reproduced by vegetative propagation.
Other notes:
This cultivar has tolerated temperatures as low as -6.6°C and
could possibly survive lower temperatures. Dale Chapman selected this plant
from subsequent propagation. Since 1976 he has been involved in the
selection of Eucalyptus and other species for biomass plantations in
California, much of it at his own expense. The cultivar is being named
after him in honour of the work he has done in this field. The cultivar
must be grown by vegetative means to ensure the cultivar form.
Anigozanthos 'KPAUSP'
Compact hybrid Anigozanthos with green and yellow flowers and short narrow leaves which are blue green.
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