Telopea oreades 'Errinundra White'
Note:
First received as 'Plateau View Alba', then changed to 'Plateau View
White'. Finally registered as 'Errinundra White'.
This cultivar is a white flowered selection with other
characteristics as for the species. T. oreades is a small tree with showy
red inflorescences. Leaves are oblanceolate, alternate, simple, entire,
dark green and shiny above, slightly glaucous beneath, borne on a petiole
ca. 5mm long; a prominent raised midrib below, sunken on the upper surface.
Flowers are borne in large terminal racemes in spring and early summer.
Fruit is a brown, leathery follicle 60-70mm long with a curved persistent
style 30-40mm long.
Diagnosis:
The cultivar is distinguished by its white flowers. All other
characteristics are those of the species.
Tetratheca thymifolia 'Bicentennial Belle'
The cultivar is a dense form of the species which grows to
about 0.7m tall by up to .9m wide. The cultivar suckers freely and flowers
all year round. The flowers are a mauve pink in colour and are up to 2cm
long.
Diagnosis:
Tetratheca 'Bicentennial Belle' flowers all year round and the
flowers are larger than is usual ie. the petals are 20mm long compared with
the usual 6-15mm long.
Veronica 'Monty's Blue'
Woody herb to c. 1m high; stems several or many from a large
woody rootstock, mostly erect and some flopping over.
Flowers:
In terminal racemes, 40–100, deep violet blue, Spring–Summer
Foliage:
Leaves lanceolate, mostly to 60mm long, apex acute, margins
serrate.
Comparators:
Veronica arenaria has linear and entire or with a few teeth or
with spreading irregular linear lobes and bright violet-blue flowers.
Veronica derwentiana usually has large lanceolate serrate leaves and
flowers white or pale lilac or pale blue
Reasons for distinctiveness:
A vigorous showy selection with the deep
violet blue flower spikes similar to V. arenaria and leaves similar to V.
derwentiana.
Veronica perfoliata 'Bill Cane'
A vigorous, somewhat upright shrub, 0.6–1 m; leaves: elliptical, pale green with prominent light coloured veins, perfoliate; flowers: white, in racemes which open progressively, 8–10 mm, mostly in late Spring to Summer.
Westringia 'Poorinda Pavane'
This cultivar is a bushy shrub up to 2.5m tall by 1.5-2m wide.
The leaves are from 10-25 long by up to 8mm wide and above though the young
growth does have a few fine white appressed hairs on the upper surface. The
undersurface is coated with short, white appressed hairs. The midribs are
prominent. The flowers are pale violet in colour. The calyx is hairy and
the corolla has a scattering of fine hairs. The flowering season is from
October to November.
Diagnosis:
Westringia 'Poorinda Pavane':
up to 2.5m tall by 1.5-2m wide; leaves
elliptical to lanceolate; glabrous above; small appressed white hairs
underneath; 10-25mm long by up to 8mm wide; leathery lamina; recurved
margins; whorls of 3-4; prominent midrib; flowers pale violet; calyx hairy;
flowers mainly October to November.
W. glabra:
To 1.5cm tall by 1m wide; leaves elliptical, glabrous, shiny
dark green; underside green but paler than upper surface; 10-50mm long by
2-15mm wide; very thin lamina; margins slightly recurved; whorls of 3-4;
prominent midrib; flowers bluish-mauve with orange spots; calyx almost
glabrous; flowers from October to December.
W. fruticosa:
1-2m tall by 1-2m wide; leaves broad linear, glabrous green
above; whith appressed hairs below; 10-25mm long by 2-5mm wide; leathery;
margins turned under; whorl of 4 crowded onto branchlets; flowers white to
pale mauve; calyx densely hairy; orange spots in throat; flowers over most
of the year.
Westringia 'Wynyabbie Gem'
This cultivar is a medium dense shrub growing to 1.5m tall by
1.5 m high. The leaves are narrow-lanceolate to 20mm long by 3mm wide and
greyish-green in colour. They are moderately dense along the branches and
found in whorls of four. The branchlets are covered in closely appressed
white hairs which becomes slightly fewer as the branchlets ages. The nodes
are tufts of white hairs. The flowers are a light lilac-mauve to blue-mauve
and are in small axillary groups in the upper leaf axils. They are borne
prolifically in the spring but some occur all year round.
Diagnosis:
W. fruticosa:
1-2m tall x 3-4m wide. Leaves: narrow lanceolate to linear,
10-25mm long x 2-5mm wide, grey-green, glabrous on upper surface,
hoary-tomentose on under surface, margins recurved or revolute, crowded on
stem, usually in whorls of four, leathery. Flowers:
corolla 14mm long,
calyx hoary-tomentose,white to pale mauve with orange spots, flowers most
of the year.
W.'Wynyabbie Gem':
1.5m tall x 1.5 m wide. Leaves: Narrow lanceolate,
10-20mm x up to 3mm, grey-green, very scattered hairs on upper surface,
hoary-tomentose on under surface, margins slightly recurved, moderately
crowded on stem usually in whorls of four, leathery. Flowers:
Corolla 10mm
long, calyx moderately hairy and sharply pointed, blue-mauve with
browny-orange spots, flowers in spring but occasionally over most of the
year.
W. eremicola:
1-2m tall x 1.5m wide. Leaves: linear to narrow linear,
5-25mm x 1-2mm.grey-green, margins revolute, not crowded on stem, mostly in
whorls of three. Flowers:
corolla 5-6mm long, calyx with scattered hairs,
pale lilac with brownish spots, flowers mainly from September to December.
Westringia 'Wynyabbie Gem' is a more open and erect shrub than W.
fruticosa. The cultivar is denser than W. eremicola.
Xerochrysum bracteatum 'Hastings Gold'
It is a perennial herb growing to a height of about 250mm.
When in flower another 200mm is added to the height as the flowers are held
above the foliage. Individual plants reach 700mm across. The leaves are
green on the upper surface and grey-green underneath due to a covering of
stiff silvery hairs. The leaves are up to 140mm long by up to 30mm wide.
The papery flowers are bright yellow with a darker centre and measure 50mm
across. They are borne on stems about 200mm long. It is reported that this
cultivar flowers most of the year in Brisbane with a peak during spring and
summer.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different from Xerochrysum bracteatum in size
of plant and its perennial habit. Bracteantha bracteata usually attains a
height of 600mm compared with an overall height of 450mm for this cultivar.
It is also different from other registered perennial cultivars of
Xerochrysum bracteatum. It is different from Bracteantha 'Diamond Head' in
size of plant and size of flower. Xerochrysum 'Diamond Head' grows to a
height of 160mm. The flowers are 50mm in diameter compared with 30mm for
Xerochrysum 'Diamond Head'. It is different form Xerochrysum 'Dargan Hill
Monarch' in size of plant and flower. Xerochrysum 'Dargan Hill Monarch'
grows to a height of 600-800mm and has flowers with a diameter of 70-90mm.
Grevillea 'Evelyn's Coronet'
The plant can be expected to reach a height of about 2m with a
spread of approximately 1.75m and exhibits an erect habit. Leaves are shiny
green on upper surface and somewhat rough to touch, the underside is a
paler green and covered with hairs. Individual leaves are about 2cm long
and about 3mm wide. Leaf edges are rolled under. Each leaf ends in a sharp
point, sometimes these points are hooked. Flowers are woolly and pink with
upright red-purple styles. Flower clusters are dense, rounded and produced
terminally. Individual flowers are approximately 8mm long, styles up to
1.5cm long. The plant is described as being vigorous and hardy producing
numerous, readily seen terminal inflorescences.
Diagnosis:
It can be distinguished from its asumed parents in that its
leaves are intermediate in size and the flowers are intermediate in size,
colour and formation.
Thryptomene saxicola 'Mingenew'
This cultivar was selected for its larger, purple flowers. The
flowers are up to 7mm diameter and are borne on longer pedicels than is
normal. The flowering period is from March to October (in Melbourne) but
some flowers can be found throughout the year. The shrub is of medium
density, growing to ca. 0.5m tall by 1-2m wide. The branches are arching.
In most respects it resembles the more usual form of the species.
Diagnosis:
T.'Mingenew' can be distinguished from T. saxicola by its
slightly larger flowers which are the purple colour of the flowers.
Grevillea 'Orange Marmalade'
This cultivar grows into an open shrub to 2.5m tall by 2m
wide. Leaves ca. 70mm long, densely covered beneath with closely appressed
grey velvety hairs. Leaf veins coated with short brown hairs which are also
present on the stems. Upper surface appears glabrous but is sparsely coated
with very short appressed silky hairs. Flowers are borne in short terminal
racemes and are found sporadically throughout the year; perianth tube
curved and densely covered in brown and grey hairs; style ca. 25mm long,
reddish-black in colour with a thick covering of long brown hairs along
full length of style, large tufts of brown and grey hairs at base of style.
Diagnosis:
G. venusta:
Erect, spreading shrub 2-4m X 2-5m; leaves 100-200mm long lobed
or entire, silky hairy underneath with rusty hairs along the veins; flowers
green and orange, appressed rusty hairs on perianth; styles reddish-black,
25mm long, coated in silky hairs, racemes loose but erect, 20-60mm long and
terminal on short branchlets. Flowers most of the year
G. 'Orange Marmalade':
Open shrub 2.5m tall X 2m wide; leaves entire 70mm
long, silky hairy underneath with rusty hairs along veins; flowers orange ,
perianth clothed in brown and grey hairs; style is erect, ca. 25mm long and
has thick covering of brown hairs with large tufts of hair at the base;
flowers in short terminal racemes.
G. glossadenia:
Shrub 1-2m X 1-2m wide; leaves 50-120mm long, greyish-hairy
beneath; flowers orange, red & yellow, spider shape, perianth hairy; style
20-27mm long, flowers in dense clusters winter & spring but spasmodic