Appreciation: Some garden plants new to me, at QE Park

I saw these plants above the quarry garden at Queen Elizabeth Park today. I was given the species names by a gardener there, but have come up with the species/cultivar names myself, so corrections are welcome, including where I have mistaken a trademark name for a cultivar or vice-versa.

Gazania 'Big Kiss White Flame'


Ptilotus Joey(TM). A friend and I thought Celosia, but she was smart enough to think to ask the gardener, who pointed out the thicker leaves on this.


Veronica pimeleoides 'Quicksilver'. I prefer the genus name Hebe, but no-one asked me when they renamed them all.