Cordylines
In recent years an exciting new range of cordylines has become available. They are hybrids of the tropical Cordyline fruticosa (also known and sold as C. terminalis). They come in a wide range of fabulous leaf colours, including bronze, purple ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Crepe Myrtle
Crepe myrtles are among the world's best flowering trees. They are native to eastern Asia and are hardy in most parts of Australia. Don looked at an exciting new range of crepe myrtle hybrids which reach different heights and spreads, and so ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Orange or tawny daylily (Hemerocallis fulva)
Modern daylily hybrids have bright, cheerful flowers which come in a wide range of colours, including yellows, buffs, oranges, reds and other shades towards plum-purple and deep reddish violet. They are called daylilies because individual flowers ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Flowering Gums
In Don's opinion, 'Summer Beauty' and 'Summer Red' are the best flowering gum trees ever released. These plants were specially bred for the home garden. They are hybrids between the West Australian red-flowering gum Eucalyptus ficifolia and the ... [... more]
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Zantedeschia
White heart-shaped, funnel-like flowers with long yellow stamens on long fleshy stalks (50-80cm) in spring to early summer. Glossy and broad dark green leaves. A yellow variety is available, and hybrids come in pinks, apricots and violet. This ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
List of Australian Registered Cultivars
List of Cultivars registered by the Australian Cultivar Registration Authority. See notes on the use of alternative styles of cultivar names at the end of this list. Hybrids do not have a species epithet between the Genus and 'Cultivar ... [... more]
Australian National Botanic Gardens |
Azalea - Rhododendron
Evergreen or semi-deciduous flowering shrubs of the Rhododendron family. There are several species that vary in size from 30cm dwarfs to large 2-3m plants. Hundereds of hybrids and named varieties are available that produce flowers at different ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Grevillea
There are more than 250 species of Grevillea, most of them are found in south-western Western Australia. Species and hybrids bear spider-like flowers. They come in a variety of colours, from gold through orange, red, crimson, even mauve. Most ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Anigozanthos
There are twelve species of Anigozanthos, one being the floral emblem of Western Australia. There are some 50 named cultivars and in general hybrids perform better in the garden than species. It is a bulbous, herbaceous evergreen. Velvety flowers ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Developing New Seedless Citrus Triploid Cultivars
Excessive seed numbers in citrus fruit are a real consumer turn-off. In our search for better easy peel hybrids for export and local markets, we have begun using plant tissue culture techniques to develop seedless triploid selections. In 1983, ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
Hybrid chooks
Whether they're called ISAbrown, Hy-line, Hisex or Lohmann, the red plumaged commercial hybrids are fantastic layers that adapt well to backyards or the farm. Hybrids are usually sold as point-of-lay pullets (14-18 weeks) and cost around $15. At ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Camellia x williamsii
Peter Valder is particularly fond of the williamsii camellias. These are hybrids between Camellia japonica and a wild camellia from Western China, Camellia saluenensis. They are named after John Charles Williams, who planted seeds of C. ... [... more]
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