By Paul Carmen
Label Name: Banksia spinulosa
ACRA Registration: 1337
Family: Proteaceae
Origin: Collected from a coastal area in southern Victoria. Selected by Rod & Robyn Parsons for the strong honey fragrance of the flowers. Received in June 1999.
Characteristics: A moderately dense small shrub that grows to 1m(h) x 1.5m(w), The flowers are golden in colour with red styles, 50-200mm long x 40-80mm in diameter and bloom from March to August.… Continue reading
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Label Name: Grevillea ‘Ochre Pokers’
ACRA Registration: 1258
Family: Proteaceae
Origin: Open pollination with one parent thought to be Grevillea ‘Canning Classic’. Applicant: Neil R Marriott, received November 2007.
Characteristics: A low spreading habit with huge showy flower racemes and soft once divided leaves.… Continue reading
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Label Name: Correa ‘Green Dream’
ACRA Registration: 1788
Family: Rutaceae
Origin: A chance seedling selection by Peter Ollerenshaw of Bywong Nursery. Application received February 2020.
Characteristics: Correa ‘Green Dream’ is a low-growing shrub to approximately 1m x 1m. It has pale green, bell-shaped flowers that occur during autumn and winter.… Continue reading
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By Paul Carmen
Label Name: Banksia spinulosa var. cunninghamii ‘Lemon Glow’
ACRA Registration: 43
Family: Proteaceae
Origin: Banksia ‘Lemon Glow’ is a pale-yellow flowered form of Banksia spinulosa var. cunninghamii first selected from a wild population on French Island, Victoria, by Mr A Salkin.… Continue reading
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