Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

Shrub with purple and white flowers. Selection Criteria: hardy, vigorous, early flowering, floral characteristics, very long flowering and very long vase life

Medium shrub with deep pink/purplish flowers

Medium shrub with large pink flowers

Medium shrub with pink flowers

Small flowered, late maturing small branch angled waxflower. Flowers are two-coloured with striped, pale pink-red petals; flowering August to late October.

Medium shrub with white flowers

Cascading shrub with purple flowers.

Diagnosis: This cultivar differs fron A. flavidus in its small stature and pale purplish pink flowers. It usually only grows to ca. 500mm tall. Notes: This cultivar is well suited to almost any soils though does best in an open position.

It is a low growing, rounded, soft wooded evergreen shrub growing to a height of 0.6-0.8m and about 1.5m in diameter. The leaves are grey and woolly and are 100-120mm in length at their widest point which is beyond the midpoint. The midrif is prominent although depressed whilst the margins are slightly recurved. The flower heads are lustrous golden-yellow and between 70-90mm in diameter and are borne on long stems about 300mm in length. The ray florets are papery and remain on the plant for some months. Diagnosis: This cultivar is different from other known forms of B. bracteata in that of the grey foliage and flower size. The typical X. bracteanthum has green foliage and flower heads about 50mm in diameter.

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.