Australian Native Plants

  Grevillea 'Canberra Gem'


Grevillea 'Canberra Gem' photo
Grevillea 'Canberra Gem' at the UBC Botanical Garden

Photograph by Stan Shebs. Some rights reserved.    (view image details)



Growth Characteristics information is sourced from: State Flora Catalog, Government of South Australia Licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license.



PLANT FACTS

Description
Grevillea 'Canberra Gem' is a cultivated hybrid from Grevillea juniperina and Grevillea rosmarinifolia raised in the early 1960's by Mr. P Moore at Yarralumla Government Nursery in Canberra. It is an erect, moderately dense shrub with slender ascending branches. The leaves are 15mm - 30mm long and 0.5mm - 1mm wide. Produces pinkish red flowers in winter, spring, summer.

Growth Characteristics
Height (m): 2 - 3
Spread (m): 2 - 3
Soil Texture: loam, clay
Soil pH: acid soils, neutral soils, alkaliine soils
Frost Sensitivity: resistant
Minimum Rainfall (mm): 500
Flower Colour: pink
Flower Season: spring, summer

(source: SA State Flora Catalog)

Wildlife Interest
attracts honeyeaters. Provides a refuge for birds.

Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Proteales
Family:Proteaceae
Genus:Grevillea
Variety:'Canberra Gem'


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  Grevillea agrifolia
  Grevillea alpina
  Grevillea angulata
  Grevillea arenaria
  Grevillea armigera
  Grevillea asparagoides
  Grevillea asplenifolia
  Grevillea astericosa
  Grevillea baileyana
  Grevillea banksii prostrate
  Grevillea baueri
  Grevillea bipinnatifida
  Grevillea bronwenae
  Grevillea candelabroides
  Grevillea coccinea
  Grevillea concinna
  Grevillea corrugata
  Grevillea crithmifolia
  Grevillea decurrens
  Grevillea didymobotrya
  Grevillea dielsiana
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