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Grevillea Robusta

Flower
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Price:
$110.00 (including GST)
Common Name:
SILKY OAK
Quantity of Trays:

PLEASE NOTE: Orders are by full tray only. Each tray contains 40 plants. When ordering, please choose how many trays you would like.


WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE:

  • 1. Spreading rounded shrub growing 1–4 m high and wide 
    2. Branchlets yellow or reddish, minutely hairy 
    3. ‘Leaves’ grey-green, 1.5–5 cm long, 3–7 mm wide, radiating around branchlets, variable in shape 
    4. Bright golden ball flowers in heavy clusters at branch ends; flower stalks stout, with minute golden hairs; flowering April to October 
    5. Seed pods straight or curved, 5–10 cm long, 4–9 mm wide, dark brown at maturity, may have a whitish bloom 
    Tall fast-growing ornamental tree that is impressive and unmistakable in full flower in spring-summer, when it seems to glow deep golden.
  • Elegant slender conical silhouette with sweeping upturned branches and deep green tiny leaves. 
  • Has large deep green ferny leaves all year round.

WHERE IT GROWS & WHY:

  • Plant in well drained soil in full sun to part shade. 
  • Can be grown as a foliage pot plant when young. 
  • Drought tolerant and frost hardy once it has developed a woody trunk.

MANAGEMENT/SIGNIFICANCE:

  • Plant as a tall shade tree or feature tree. 
  • Attracts wildlife - flowers for honey production.
  • Timber useful for fine woodworking. 
  • Their root systems can be problematic so avoid planting too near foundations.

 

 

Image Source: Plant - Fagg, M. via Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG)

Image Source: Flower - Green, C. via Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG)