Grevillea 'Poorinda Adorning'
It is a low spreading shrub growing to a height of about 1m.
The pungent leaves are long and narrow and about 25 mm long by 2-3mm wide.
The upper surface is shiny green whilst the underside is covered with dense
silky hairs. The very woolly flowers are formed into dense clusters and are
produced terminally on short side laterals. The perianth is bright pink and
about 16mm long and the styles are about 25mm long.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different from most forms of Grevillea
juniperina as it has bright pink flowers instead of the usual for the
species of red, orange or yellow flowers.
Grevillea 'Poorinda Beauty'
This plant will grow to a height of about 2m, however a
tendency to produce long straggly branches has been noted. Leaves are
smooth and grey-green on upper surface being very densely covered in silky
hairs on the underside. Stems are covered wtih silky hairs. Each leaf is
about 1.5cm long by about 3mm wide and pungent.
Diagnosis:
Flowers, red grading to yellow towards the limb, borne in very
dense clusters. Individual flowers are 1cm long, styles deep pink, are
between 1.8 - 2cm long. The flowers are said to be sterile. This cultivar
can be distinguished from its parents in that the flower clusters are more
dense than either of its parents, and these clusters tend to be more spread
out along the branches.
G.'Poorinda Beauty' is of the same cross as G. 'Poorinda Splendour' and G.
'Poorinda Wonder', however it is not known whether the same forms of the
respective species were used. This cultivar differs from both G. 'Poorinda
Splendour' and G. 'Poorinda Wonder' in leaf size. Leaves of this cultivar
are about 1.5cm long compared with 2 - 3cm leaves for both G. 'Poorinda
Splendour' and G. 'Poorinda Wonder'. Flower colour is only different in
that the colour of the perianth tube is a clear bright yellow compared to
the duller colour of both G.'Poorinda Splendour' and G. 'Poorinda Wonder'.
Grevillea 'Poorinda Diadem'
It is an upright shrub reaching a height of 2-3m. The entire
leaves are about 30mm long, about 8mm wide and end in a fine point. The
upper leaf surface is shiny green while the underside is grey being covered
with short silky hairs. The flowers are formed into clusters and are borne
in the leaf axils. The perianths are buff-apricot in colour and up to 18mm
long. The yellow styles are 24mm long.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different from Grevillea 'Poorinda Leane' in
size of plant, leaf size and flower colour. Grevillea 'Poorinda Diadem' is
not as tall nor does it spread as wide as Grevillea 'Poorinda Leane'. The
leaves are shorter but wider, about 30mm long by 8mm wide compared with
40mm long by 4mm wide. The flower colour is less orange and the styles are
yellow compared with red for Grevillea 'Poorinda Leane'.
Grevillea 'Poorinda Firebird'
G.'Poorinda Firebird' can be expected to grow to a height of
approximately 2m. Leaves are dull green on the upper surface, densley
covered with silky hairs on the underside. Individual leaves are between
2.5 - 3cm long and about 4mm wide. Leaf edges are rolled under. Flowers,
scarlet and borne profusely in clusters. Each flower is about 1cm long.
Style is approximately 2.5cm in length. Flowers are said to be sterile.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar differs from its parents in that the length of the
leaves is intermediate between G. speciosa (1-5cm) and G. oleoides
(5-10cm). Leaf shape is not significant as various forms of both parents
have the same shape. Flower colour is not significantly different from
either parent.
Grevillea 'Poorinda Gemini'
It is a small shrub growing to a height of about 1m. The
leaves are deeply lobed and about 130mm long by about 45mm wide. Individual
lobes are pointed and narrow being about 3mm wide. The upper surface is
dark shiny green while the underside is covered with dense silky hairs. The
deep red flowers are of the "toothbrush" type and are produced terminally
on short branchlets and occasionally on the main stem opposite a leaf. The
perianths are about 8mm long and the pink styles are 20mm long.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar differs from its stated parent in size of plant.
Grevillea 'Poorinda Gemini' grows to a height of about 1m whereas
Grevillea hookeriana usually attains a height of approximately 2m. The
difference in leaf size and flower colour are not significant.It differs
from Grevillea 'Poorinda Blondie' which is also said to be a seedling
selection of Grevillea hookeriana in colour of styles.Grevillea 'Poorinda
Gemini' has pink styles compared with red for Grevillea hookeriana.
Grevillea 'Poorinda Pink Coral'
The leaves, which are pungent, are approximately 3cm long and
about 4mm wide. The upper surface is shiny with a prominent mid-rib, whilst
the underside has a dense covering of short silky hairs which give a grey
to white appearance. The clusters of coral pink flowers are produced on the
ends of short branchlets. Individual flowers are about 1.3cm long with
styles being up to about 2cm long.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar differs from Grevillea 'Poorinda Queen' in that it
is a smaller shrub and its flowers are coral pink in colour.
Grevillea 'Robyn Gordon'
Moderately dense shrub 1.5m in diameter with large red terminal racemes for most of the year.
COMPARISON (R.H.S. Colour Chart 1966)
Grevillea bipinnatifida - perianth: 15mm Red 42B, style: 37mm long Cardinal Red 53B
Grevillea banksii - perianth: Empire Rose 48C, style: Cardinal Red 53C
Grevillea ‘Robyn Gordon’ - perianth: 13mm long Crimson 52A, style: 40mm long Cardinal Red 53C
Brachychiton 'Griffith Pink'
This cultivar will grow from 9 to 10m tall. The mature leaves
have prominent lobes and are maple like in shape. Mature leaves are up to
12cm broad at their widest point and are distinctly veined. The flowers,
found from approximately November to March, are pink in colour and very
conspicuous. They are slightly hairy, with the hairs being a light rusty
brown colour. The underside of the calyx is mottled with white.
Diagnosis:
Brachychiton 'Griffith Pink' differs from Brachychiton
'Jerilderie Red', a similar cultivar in that the flowers are larger and a
deeper colour and the leaves are lobed. The leaves of Brachychiton
'Griffith Pink' are smaller than B. discolour.
Callistemon 'Firebrand'
This cultivar grows to plus/minus 60cm by 2.5m in width, thus
making it basically prostrate in habit. The cultivar is multibranched with
many branches having a prostrate habit. Some branches are semi-ascendant
but then weep towards the ground. The other foliage characteristics are as
for C. citrinus. Flowering is profuse and the inflorescences are plus/minus
9cm long by 4cm in diameter. The flowering season is from early November to
late December in Melbourne. The flowers are a rich crimson-pink in colour,
the other characteristics ar as for C. citrinus.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar differs form normal forms of C. citrinus in its
semi-prostrate habit.
Correa 'Pink Delight'
Prostrate shrub to c. 40 cm x 2-3 m with a moderately dense
habit. Branchlets and stems green, glabrous with occasional rust-coloured
stellate hairs. Simple cordate leaves, 28 mm x 14 mm, with obvious pattern
of oil glands, petioles 6 mm. Leaf apices obtuse, leaf bases oblique,
venation reticulate, margins entire. Upper surfaces of mature leaves dark
green and glabrous. Upper surfaces of young leaves glabrous with occasional
rust-coloured stellate hairs. Lower surfaces pale green, glabrous with
occasional white stellate hairs and scattered rust-coloured stellate hairs.
Corolla cylindrical 40 mm x 15 mm, pale pink with cream tips. Peak
flowering is from May to July in most districts.
Diagnosis:
The glabrous leaves of this cultivar conform to descriptions for
C. pulchella by Wilson (1998). The flower is larger than Wilson's range for
C. pulchella and the cream tips are an unusual variation. C. pulchella
flowers tend to have only one colour from calyx to tip rather than two.
There may be some affinity with C backhouseana in this seedling. The
cultivar flower is distinctive because of its size which is larger than
most C. pulchella flowers and because of its colour which is different from
other C. pulchella hybrids, e.g., 'Dusky Bells', 'Pink Mist', 'Mannii'. It
differs from C. 'Firebird' in flower size and colour, in size of plant and
growth habit and in leaf shape and tomentum.









