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Newsletter No.2 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS SOCIETY (AUSTRALIA) 1 WARATAH & FLANNEL FLOWER STUDY GROUP NO.2 DECEMBER 2011 ISSN 1838-9082 NEWSLETTER Leader: Maria Hitchcock Welcome to the 16 Hitchcock Lane Armidale NSW 2350 Waratah and Flannel In this issue. Ph. 02 6775 1139 Flower Study Group. [email protected] Maria writes: p. 2 Telopea ‘Shady Lady White’ Some notes on Waratah varie<es p. 3/4 The Tasmanian Waratah p. 5/6 Mt Tomah Waratah Fes<val p. 7 Checklist of Telopea varie<es p. 8 Checklist of Flannel Flower varie<es p. 9 Have a very Happy Christmas One of the outstanding floral arrangements using everyone! Telopea speciosissima and Xerochrysum bracteatum at Mt Tomah Botanic Garden’s Waratah Fes;val held in 2011. The Waratah and Flannel Flower Study Group is afliated with the Australian Native Plants Society (Australia) - ANPSA Newsletters are sent out in May and November (electronic only). Membership is restricted to individuals (including partners) and not groups. Membership $5.00 per year to be paid by cheque or Direct Debit upon receipt of invoice. Deadline for November newsletter contributions - October 14 ! AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS SOCIETY (AUSTRALIA) 2 WARATAH & FLANNEL FLOWER STUDY GROUP NO.2 DECEMBER 2011 Maria writes: It has been a very busy year for me as I juggled a number of responsibilities including my next book due to be published in September 2012. I visited the Mt Tomah Wattle Festival in October and apart from taking lots of photos, I was able to purchase a number of named T. speciosissima cultivars which are potted on and growing really well. The cool wet summer we are experiencing this year is ideal. My Waratah garden is also thriving including the Wild Brumby varieties that I planted early in the year. I have reduced our annual fee to a nominal $5.00 so have extended all your memberships. I’ll send out Telopea ‘Shady Lady White’ (Bridal Gown) reminders in 2013. Thank you to Graeme Downe for his contribution to this newsletter which has filled in This photo was taken in my garden. The plant is quite quite a few gaps and allowed me to delete the blue small - it has been in the ground about three years and this is the second flowering. The flowers have short from our checklist. His photos are a valuable stems at this stage but they may get longer as the plant addition. Thanks also to John Gibson of Plants of grows. The shrub itself seems to be thriving despite the Tasmania who has written an article on Telopea hard frosts in our climate. It is well mulched with wood- truncata for us and contributed photos. Please feel chips and a newspaper layer to inhibit weeds. It’s been a free to send me any information that may add to our very wet spring and summer so I haven’t had to water for quite a while. I fertilise with Dynamic Lifter at the start body of knowledge about these varieties. This edition of spring and again in autumn. Maria is all about waratahs but I hope to have more about Flannel Flowers in the May 2012 issue. Do you also have Do you all have a copy of ‘The Waratah’ 2nd Ed. ‘Australian Plants’ Paul Nixon Kangaroo Press 1997 Vol 25 No 201 Dec. 2009 What other references would be useful? This is an excellent reference Please let me know and I wi! include on waratahs. If you would like a copy please email them in the next newsletter me as I now have a number to give away free to Please send any interesting articles that you members. I asked for them to be sent to me in lieu would like to share with the other members. of the NSW Study Groups contribution. Your own experiences are always of great interest to others. Please don’t hesitate to email me at any time. ! AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS SOCIETY (AUSTRALIA) 3 WARATAH & FLANNEL FLOWER STUDY GROUP NO.2 DECEMBER 2011 Some Notes on Waratah Varie0es Text and images By Graeme Downe Telopea Shady Lady Yellow and T. Golden Globe are the same variety. I named my selec<on Golden Globe for the Plant Breeders Rights (PBR) process, bUt sUbseqUently agreed to license the wholesale grower Proteaflora to grow and promote it as Shady Lady Yellow. Their label has both names dis- played. It is an F2 hybrid of Telopea speciosissima x Telopea truncata lutea. It takes a few years to flower, then prodUces nUmeroUs blooms. It has minimal bracts. I do not believe Golden Glow ex- ists and this may be a typo. Telopea speciosissima x ‘Champagne’ T. speciosissima ‘Fire ‘n Ice’- is a selec<on made by Roy Rother of Emerald, Victoria. I was involved in the early development. It has a goblet of bracts and the white style <ps contrast greatly with the red bracts and other red flower components. Telopea speciosissima x Golden Globe (Shady Lady Yellow) Likewise my selecon of T. speciosissima x oreades Bridal Gown has been marketed by Proteaflora as Shady Lady White(improved), replacing the early Shady Lady White , which was actually Wirrimbirra White. So the cUrrent Shady Lady White & Bridal Gown are the same variety. Some<mes the commercial/marke<ng goals can confUse the plant enthUsiast, which is Unfortunate. It is also Unfortu- nate that a nUmber of these cUl<vars are not now readily available. Telopea Champagne is a fUrther T. speciosissima x T. truncata lutea hybrid bred by myself with an Telopea speciosissima ‘Fire ‘n Ice’ UnUsUal bUff coloUred flower of small size & insig- nificant bracts. Has wonderfUl dark green glossy foliage with no serraons. ! AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS SOCIETY (AUSTRALIA) 4 WARATAH & FLANNEL FLOWER STUDY GROUP NO.2 DECEMBER 2011 Brian Fitzpatrick is another breeder who has trav- nice balance of bracts T. mongaensis x speciosissima elled the long 25 year plUs road of waratahs with se- ‘Canberry Gem’ is also known as doUgs hybrid & may lec<ons protected Under PBR Under the Wild BrUmby be the same as Canberry Coronet. I believe the leaf label. Brian is in Batlow NSW aer previoUsly residing and flower is less arac<ve than Braidwood Brilliant near Mangrove MoUntain. His selec<ons are also from breeding with T. speciosissima x T. truncata . All are compact bUshy growing plants with smaller hy- brid flowers & small bracts. They flower profUsely once established. Varie<es Under the Wild BrUmby label inclUde: T. speciosissima x truncata ‘Digger’- deep pink T. speciosissima x truncata ‘Mallee Boy’ - salmon T. speciosissima x truncata ‘SUgar PlUm’ - mid pink T. speciosissima x truncata ‘Snow Maiden’ - white T. speciosissima x truncata ‘Georgie Girl’ - yellow Telopea speciosissima ‘Green Bracts’ Telopea speciosissima ‘SUnflare’ is not a hybrid bUt a T. speciosissima selec<on from Mt Annan. It has wonderfUl serrated leaves with good size red flowers typical of T. speciosissima. It was selected l believe by Cathy Offord at the same <me as T. speciosissima Olympic Flame. The laer is a large dark red flower thoUghoUt of large size. It has impressive large red bracts. Telopea speciosissima ‘Olympic Flame’ Telopea speciosissima ‘Sunflare’ Telopea speciosissima ‘Emperor’s Torch’ and T. speciosissima ‘Gembrook’- I believe both are T. speciosissima x oreades hybrids developed by AUsflora Pacific of Gembrook , Victoria . They have deep rose – red flowers on vigoroUs Upright plants with lax bracts. Telopea speciosissima ‘Shade of Pale’ T. speciosissima x ‘Songlines’ is a red selec<on from Link Yellow Rock NUrsery , Winmallee , NSW (now closed) hfp://www.anbg.gov.au/telopea-braidwood-brilliant The flower has a good red coloUr throUghoUt with a /index.html ! AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS SOCIETY (AUSTRALIA) 5 WARATAH & FLANNEL FLOWER STUDY GROUP NO.2 DECEMBER 2011 The Tasmanian Waratah – Telopea truncata white and yellow forms occUr rarely in natural Text and images By John GiBson popUlaons. Each clUster is composed of 10–20 individUal flowers. IndividUal flowers are asymmet- The Tasmanian Waratah – Telopea truncata – is a rical, with the oUtside ring of the flower parts join- widespread, endemic component of the Tasmanian ing to form a tube typically 1–2 cm long, tapering flora mainly foUnd at high al<tudes in higher rain- gradUally into a neck then cUrving backwards be- fall areas. While the flower-head of the Tasmanian low the limb. Waratah is not as spectacUlar, large or as densely- packed as that of Telopea speciosissima, it pro- dUces many more blooms per plant. The blooms create a striking contrast against the green of the foliage and increase the arac<veness of this spe- cies as a garden shrUb. While it is oben difficUlt to grow, Telopea truncata can be one of the most rewarding Tasmanian plants. Telopea truncata - yellow form The frUit is dark brown and dry, spling open along one side and hanging loosely downward on a stoUt, backward-cUrving stalk. The follicle contains two rows of winged seeds, separated from each Telopea truncata - red typical form other and from the walls of the follicle by thin, hardened divisions. Seed is ready as soon as the Telopea truncata was first described in 1805 as follicles have started hardening, which UsUally oc- Embothrium truncatum by the French botanist cUrs in autumn. JacqUes-JUlien HoUtoU de Labillardiere, who had collected it as early as 1792/3 on the d’Entrecas- Telopea truncata is widespread in Tasmania, occUr- teUx expedi<on. Robert Brown transferred it to the ring in forest throUghoUt mUch of the western part genUs Telopea when he set it Up in 1810. The type locality is not recorded with any accUracy, bUt is of the state, and in more isolated stands in the probably in the Recherche Bay area to the soUth of north-east and the Tasman PeninsUla.
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