Australian Native Plants

  Grevillea 'Coconut Ice'


Grevillea 'Coconut Ice' photo
Grevillea cultivar "Coconut Ice"

Photograph by Tatiana Gerus. 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 'Coconut Ice' is a shrub that grows to about 2 m tall. The flowers are red pink and produced in clusters about 15 cm long 9 cm in diameter. The cultivar is a hybrid between Grevillea bipinnatifida and Grevillea banksii (white flowered form) raised from seedling by Mr. M Hodge of Queensland. Grevillea 'Coconut Ice' is the same cross as Grevillea 'Robyn Gordon' which has deeper red flowers and Grevillea 'Ned Kelly' which has apricot flowers. It was accepted for registration with Australian Cultivar Registration Authority (ACRA) in October 1993.

Growth Characteristics
Height (m): 1 - 1.5
Spread (m): 0.5 - 1.5
Soil Texture: sand, loam, clay
Soil pH: soils with pH less than 8
Frost Sensitivity: moderately sensitive
Minimum Rainfall (mm): 500
Flower Colour: orange / purple
Flower Season: frequent

(source: SA State Flora Catalog)

Wildlife Interest
birds, nectar

Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Proteales
Family:Proteaceae
Genus:Grevillea
Variety:'Coconut Ice'


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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