Australian Native Plants

   Grevillea 'Pink Midget'


Grevillea 'Pink Midget' photo
revillea 'Pink Midget', Wilson Botanic Garden, Berwick, Victoria, Australia

Photograph by Melburnian. Some rights reserved.




PLANT FACTS

Description
Grevillea 'Pink Midge' is a low spreading dense plant with long narrow lanceolate shaped leaves about 2cm wide. The leaves are medium green above and lighter green and hairy underneath. It produces clusters of light pink flowers at the end of the stems throughout the year. This plant is thought to be a spontaneous seedling hybrid of Grevillea leiophylla and Grevillea humilis ssp. maritima. It was discovered in the garden of Mervyn Hodge at Logan Reserve, Queensland in 1999.

Height
0.6m

Spread
1m

Wildlife Interest
attracts honeyeaters

Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Proteales
Family:Proteaceae
Genus:Grevillea
Variety:'Pink Midget'


Relatives in same Genus
  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
  see A-Z list for more ...