Australian Native Plants

  Grevillea 'Bonnie Prince Charlie'


Grevillea 'Bonnie Prince Charlie' photo
Grevillea 'Bonnie Prince Charlie' in Christchurch Botanic Gardens

Photograph by Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz. Some rights reserved.    (view image details)

Grevillea 'Bonnie Prince Charlie' photo
Grevillea 'Bonnie Prince Charlie' in Christchurch Botanic Gardens

Photograph by Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz. Some rights reserved.    (view image details)




PLANT FACTS

Description
Grevillea 'Bonnie Prince Charlie' is a moderately dense shrub to 60 cm tall by about 1 m wide. The leaves are narrow lance-shaped and grow between 2 cm and 3 cm long and 1mm to 3mm wide. The flowers are produced in clusters at the end of the branchlets and are red and yellow in colour. The cultivar is a hybrid between Grevillea rosmarinifolia and Grevillea alpina (Grampians form). It arose in cultivation at Austraflora Nursery, Montrose, Victoria. It was accepted for registration with Australian Cultivar Registration Authority (ACRA) in October 1992.

Growth Characteristics
Height: 0.5m - 1m
Spread: 1m - 1.5m

Wildlife Interest
birds, nectar



Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Proteales
Family:Proteaceae
Genus:Grevillea
Variety:'Bonnie Prince Charlie'


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
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