Grevillea 'Lawson Queen'
Open shrub, 1m (h) x 1m (w)
Flowers:
Deep pink
Foliage colour:
Dark Green
Comparators:
Grevillea sericea, G. oleoides
Reasons for distinctiveness:
Thought to be a Grevillea sericea hybrid,
possibly with G. oleoides which also occurs in the area. The differences
are in the deepness of the pink in the flower colour and the leaf
characteristics. The very best-coloured G. sericea comes nowhere near it.
The leaves are much wider than G. sericea. The leaf is a much darker green
than G. sericea. Grevillea sericea can be quite variable in leaf, and for a
while it was thought it could possibly be a new species however it does not
set seed suggesting it may be sterile hybrid.
It has been in the applicant's garden since it was first collected.
Hakea 'Kincora'
Hakea 'Kincora' grows into an erect shrub 2 m tall by 2 m
across. Branches have an erect, arching habit. Leaves are linear, 95mm long
by 12mm wide, acuminate. Racemes are globular, approximately 50mm by 50mm
in size, clustered along the stems, and profuse. Styles are creamy white,
perianth are bright pink. Fruit have not been observed. The main flowering
period is from May to July.
Diagnosis:
Hakea 'Kincora' is similar to Hakea 'Burrendong Beauty' but can
be distinguished by its erect habit, and linear leaves.
Prostanthera 'Mauve Mantle'
Low spreading shrub, 1m (h) x 2m (w)
Flowers:
Mauve, 15mm in diameter, from late winter to spring (Melbourne),
late Spring (Canberra) October to November
Foliage colour: Dark green
Comparators:
Prostanthera denticulata
Reasons for distinctiveness: Although the parentage of this cultivar is unknown it does seem to have affinities with Prostanthera denticulata.
Prostanthera 'Mauve Mantle' is a dense prostrate to low growing groundcover with dark green leaves whereas Prostanthera denticulata is a more open, to upright shrub with spreading to erect branches and mid green leaves.
Eremophila 'Summertime Blue'
Large dense intricate shrub, 2m x 3m, flowers lilac with a white throat, 25-30mm, summer
Diagnosis: ntermediate between the two suggested parents.
Comparators:
Eremophila divaricata is a medium intricate shrub with small purple blue flowers while Eremophila polyclada is a large open shrub with white flowers.
Grevillea 'Abracadabra'
Large open shrub, 2.0m (h) x 2.5m (w)
Flowers:
Axillary racemes of bright red and cream flowers from Jul-Jan
Foliage colour:
Bluish Grey-green
Comparators:
Grevillea ‘Merinda Gordon’, G. insignis
Reasons for distinctiveness:
Grevillea ‘Abracadabra’ differs from
Grevillea 'Merinda Gordon' in its larger, blue-green leaves and its larger,
red and cream flowers. It differs from Grevillea insignis in its deeply
lobed leaves which are blue green, and in its flowers which are red and
cream.
Correa 'Vanilla Ice'
Dense, spreading low-growing shrub approximately 50 cm high x
1 m wide, with strongly veined mid green ovate to cordate leaves with
obtuse tips, 32 mm x 20 mm in size, glabrous and somewhat scabrous on top,
pale green and velvety underneath with defined venation. The tubular
corolla is creamy white with a light covering of light tan coloured
stellate hairs at the tips, which are recurved, exposing pale pink on the
inside of the petal tips. Stamens are as long as the petals and barely
exerted. The green papery calyx is square in cross-section with 4
triangular pointed lobes. Petioles and pedicels are 2-3 mm long. Flowers
Summer to Winter with spasmodic flowering all through the year.
Diagnosis:
Thought to be a hybrid between C. alba and C. calycina, C.
‘Vanilla Ice’ differs from both these species in both leaf and flower
colour and form. C. calycina leaves are longer, elliptical and thinner and
the flowers are lime green in colour. The calyx is also larger. C. alba var
alba has grayish obovate leaves and white flowers with strongly recurved
petals split to the unlobed calyx.
Callistemon 'Pink Sensation'
An open small tree to 3m high by 1.5m across in 4 years. The
bark is soft, grey and fissured, splitting to reveal papery bark beneath.
The leaves are narrowly elliptical to 60mm long by 5mm wide. The new growth
is light yellow green. The deep pink flowers are borne in very crowded
spikes to 80mm long by 45mm diameter. The anthers are yellow. Flowers are
seen in spring, summer and autumn and the spring flowers tend to be longer
than those borne at other times.
Diagnosis:
Differs from C. 'Glasshouse Gem' in having:
* light yellow green new growth
* more crowded flower spikes
* darker pink flowers
Differs from C. 'Glasshouse Country' and C. 'Glasshouse Beauty' in having:
* larger flowers
* darker pink flowers
Callistemon salignus 'Perth Pink'
A tall open shrub to 4m tall. Leaves are lanceolate to 80mm
long. The deep pink flowers are borne in clusters at the ends of the
branches in spring and it may flower sporadically at other times of the
year.
Diagnosis:
Callistemon 'Perth Pink' is much bushier than C. salignus.
Callistemon 'Hannah's Child'
Shrub 1.5 x 4m high. Produces scarlet flowers (9 to 12cm x 6
to 8 cm) from March to may and again in October/November. Young specimens
are similar to Callistemon 'Hannah Ray', mature specimens are more like
Callistemon 'Kings Park Special'. Its main distinguishing feature is its
ability to flower at a much earlier age than either parent, and is very
floriferous. New growth is pale yellow/green and covered with silky hairs.
Mature leaves become glaucous.
Diagnosis:
Differs from both parents in its ability to flower when very
young (less than 12 months, 140mm pots). Denser flowers than 'Hannah Ray'.
Only 2/3 rds height of 'Hannah Ray'.
Callistemon 'Tin-Sal Glow'
Fairly open habit, 1.5 m wide by 3-5 m tall, many-stemmed with
a swollen base. Bark light grey, fissured. New growth pink. Spike
moderately open, c. 3.5 cm wide; axis hairy at first. Leaves narrowly
linear to oblanceolate, (3.0-) 3.5-5.5 cm long, c.0.32-0.77 cm wide,
margins slightly recurved (on herbarium specimens at least); reticulate
venation clearly visible. Stamens c. 4.8-5.4 cm, c. 1.5-2.1 cm long,
pinkish at the tips, almost white at the base. Anthers yellow. Fruit is
barrel-shaped ca 0.38-0.45 cm wide, ca 0.4 cm high, aperture not
constricted, surface smooth. Flowering time spring to autumn.
Diagnosis:
Characterised by the 'glowing' appearance of the new growth and
flower spikes (produced by the pale stamen bases). Its characteristics
compared to other forms are summarised in the following table:
C. 'Glasshouse Country'
C. recurvus
C. salignus
More red colouration in the flower
Paler flower colour
Flower colour
Shorter flower spikes: (c. 3.3-5.5cm not 5.0-5.5 (-7.0)cm)
Fewer flowers in spike
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Pinkish, not silvery green, new growth
Paler leaf colour
Smaller leaves
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Mostly longer leaves
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More spreading habit
Shorter habit