Grevillea

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Grevillea Plants The Grevillea is an all-time favourite shrub in Aussie gardens and with good reason. Grevilleas come in a range of shapes and sizes (from prostrate plants and small shrubs to large trees) and offer a wide variety of flower displays. Grevilleas take their name from the renowned botanist and founder of the Royal Horticultural Society, Charles Greville (1749-1809). They are closely related to Banksia and being native to Australia they are pretty hardy. Grevillea Flowers The flower clusters generally take one of three forms: toothbrush (with all the racemes on one side), spider (racemes spread out like spider’s legs), or brush (more even arrangement). Flower colours come in a variety of reds, pinks, orange or yellow and some will even flower all year round. The flowers of Grevilleas attract honey-eating birds to carry out pollination. Groundcover & Shrub Options Some Grevilleas make for fast spreading groundcover such as Grevillea x Poorinda Royal Mantle and Grevillea curviloba which would have to be one of the best flowering native groundcovers around. For a shrub option check out Grevillea Lilliane which is a hardy shrub with a weeping habit that produces pink, cream and red flowers from winter to spring.