ht: 60cm tall x 100cm wide
ha: dense, compact
fc: bracts golden yellow
ft: bracts narreower and more numerous than parent 'Dargan Hill Monarch'
fd: 7-9cm
lc: less gray tomentose than parent 'Dargan Hill Monarch'
or: Somerville Nursery, Victoria as seedling of 'Dargan Hill Monarch' before 1980

ht: 30cm tall x 20cm wide
fc: bracts in numerous bright colors in this mix, typically 8 in all.
fs: giving the flower shape here, the origin of this name is best left to your own imagination.
lc: bright green - not gray like some named clones.

ns: a listed name. Description needed.

ht: 1m tall x 1m wide - one of the largest cultivars
ha: dense even though tall
fc: bracts light yellow, sometimes mottled a darker yellow
fd: 7cm - large
lc: gray tomentose
or: D.M. McKenzie, Ocean Grove, Victoria as 'Dargan Hill Monarch' x a white-flowered plant before 1979.

ht: 65cm
fc: bracts cream, disc golden yellow
ns: named for Coco Chanel
so: Cotswold Garden Flowers (online catalog 2002)

ht: 60-80cm tall
ha: globose with age
fc: golden yellow
ft: average of 80 bracts per flower
fd: 7-9cm
lc: distinctly gray tomentose
or: found at McPerson Range, S. Queensland
prop: unfortunately this is sold in seed form so it is sure to vary from its original qualities.
ns: there is some reports this unique selection may get a species rank assignment soon.

ht: 8cm in foliage becoming just 16cm in flower
ha: prostrate - lower than many modern hybrids
fc: bracts bright yellow, disc orange
fd: 3cm - smaller but in scale
ll: 7cm
lw: 5cm
or: found at Diamond Head, NSW. Registered by Aust. Nat. Bot. Garden 1977.

ha: dwarf, compact
fc: mix of colors in strain

cultivars:

• 'Florabella Gold' - full double, bracts golden, disc large and golden-yellow
• 'Florabella Lemon' - bracts light pastel yellow, nearly white in the outer rings
• 'Florabella Pink' - light pink outer bracts, disc light yellow
• 'Florabella White' - bracts poure white, disc large and golden

ns: a listed name. Description needed.

ha: compact
fc: bracts golden yellow
so: Proven Winners (online catalog 2002)

ht: 40cm tall x 70cm wide
fc: brown buds open clear yellow with a golden-orange disc
ft: very full double with up to 300 bracts per flower
fd: 9-10cm - very large
lc: gray tomentose
or: Dounbg McKenzie, Victora c. 1980 as 'Cockatoo' x 'Dargan Hill Monarch'

ha: compact, spreading
fc: golden-yellow
fd: very small by modern hybrid standards, button-like

ht: 20-25cm tall x 70cm wide
fc: bracts bright yellow, disc darker yellow
fd: 5cm
lc: green above, gray below
ll: 14cm
lw: 3cm
or: found at Hastings Point, NSW. Registered by G. and R. Thomas 1978.

ns: a listed name, presumbly for a white or near white flower.

ht: 60cm tall x 60cm wide
fc: bracts ivory white

ns: a listed name for a strain, presumably with larger flowers.

st: notably stronger and suitable for cutting
fc: bracts of many mixed colors, some bright and others pastel or silvery
fd: larger than species typical with numerous crinkled, full bracts, that is monstrose.
cultivars:

• 'Monstrosum Golden'
• 'Monstrosum Rose'
• 'Monstrosum Salmon Rose'
• 'Monstrosum Silvery Rose' - see 'Silvery Rose' below
• 'Monstrosum Terracotta'
• 'Monstrosum White'

cultivars:

• OUTBACK® JOEY BRONZE - bronze-golden, double
• OUTBACK® JOEY CREAM - bracts creamy-yellow, disc golden yellow
• OUTBACK® JOEY DWARF - 10-12 in. tall. creamy white, disc golden yellow
• OUTBACK® MATILDA YELLOW - yellow. tight double with numerous incurved bracts
• OUTBACK® PINK

ns: a tentatively accepted name in the RHS HORTICULTURAL DATABASE 2002. It is listed apart
ns: from regular 'Skynet'

ht: 30cm tall x 60cm wide
fc: pink buds open to creamy with orange disc
or: Holdup Nursery, Victoria c. 1986

ht: 60cm tall x 60cm wide
fc: bracts rich golden yellow, stigmas bright orange and showy
ft: flowers borne above foliage
lc: lacking the gray hairs of 'Dargan Hill Monarch'
or: P. Ollerenshaw of Aust. Nat. Bot. Garden as hybrid of 'Dargan Hill Monarch' x ? c. 1983
reg: 1985

ht: 14-18 in. tall
fc: bracts light pink
ft: bracts less numerous than some hybrids, being fairly open

ns: a listed name, presumably in a shade of red or orange

ht: 40cm
fc: light yellow to cream
fd: smaller, button-like
lc: very silvery-white, showy
so: Cotswold Garden Flowers (online catalog 2002)

fc: bracts silvery pink
ns: offer sold as part of the Monstrosum group in that mix

ht: 70cm
fc: yellow
so: Cotswold Garden Flowers (online catalog 2002)

fc: bracts pink

fc: mixed colors in this strain.

Bracteantha bracteata 'Sundaze' 'Sundaze Bronze-Orange' and 'Sundaze Golden Beauty' at the AAS Trials at NC State University (July 2003). Click images to enlarge.

so: Proven Winners (online catalog 2002)
cultivars:

• 'Sundaze Bronze-Orange' - PPAF. bronze-orange buds open yellow tipped orange. Later to bloom
• 'Sundaze Golden Beauty' - rays bright golden yellow, tinged orange below and on the tips. Very floriferous.
• 'Sundaze Golden-Yellow' - PPAF. narrower leaf than others. Earliest of the cultivars.
• 'Sundaze Lemon Yellow' - PPAF. light yellow
• 'Sundaze Pink'
• 'Sundaze White' - PPAF. pure white with large orange disc.

fd: larger than species typical
fc: mixed colors.

ht: 36-48 in. - very tall for cutting
fd: to 3 in. wide
fc: sold as a mix or the following cultivar.
or: Thompson & Morgan as tetraploids
cultivars:

• 'Tetraploid T&M Double Candy Pink' - bright pink.

ht: 60cm tall x 60cm wide
fc: bracts white
ns: apparently a white-flowered version of 'Dargan Hill Monarch' (?)

ns: a tentatively accepted name in the RHS HORTICULTURAL DATABASE 2002.