Australian Natives
All of these plants will also appear in one of the Camden Park catalogue categories.
Telopea speciosissima (Sm.) R.Br.
Half hardy evergreen shrub with obovate, toothed leaves, to 25cm long, and flower-heads, to 15cm across, consisting of a ring of red bracts and many tubular, bright red flowers, in spring. To 3m. [RHSE, Hortus, FNSW, Hilliers’].
Thysanotus isantherus R.Br.
Frost-hardy, tuberous-rooted perennial with purple, fringed flowers.
Thysanotus juncifolius (Salisb.) J.H.Willis & Court
Frost-hardy herbaceous plant with rush-like foliage and a slender, loosely branched inflorescence of a few purple, fringed flowers in spring and summer. [RHSD, FNSW, Beadle].
Wikstroemia indica (L.) C.A.Mey.
Small tree or shrub, sometimes low and spreading, sometimes arborescent, with glossy ovate leaves, to 6cm long, and terminal fower heads of few greenish yellow to white flowers, followed by red, toxic fruits. To 1.5m. [FNSW, Flora Australiensis].
Xerochrysum bracteatum (Vent.) Tzvelev. var. album grandiflorum
Perrenial, often grown as an annual, with solitary flower heads in a range of colours, white, yellow, orange or red. Album has white flowers. To 90cm. [RHSD, Hortus]. Grandiflorum is probably, as the name suggests, a form with larger flowers.
Xerochrysum bracteatum (Vent.) Tzvelev. var. monstrosum
See Xerochrysum bracteatum (Vent.) Tzvelev. var. album grandiflorum. Monstrosum has pale yellow or pink double flowers. [RHSD, Hortus].
