Description

A low growing, widely spreading shrub with long sawtooth green leaves with spiny tips; brush-like claret red blooms from spring through late fall; water very little in summer; prune to keep this plant dense; an excellent groundcover for dry areas

Landscape Attributes

Austraflora Fanfare Grevillea is an open multi-stemmed evergreen shrub with a ground-hugging habit of growth. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

Austraflora Fanfare Grevillea is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Planting & Growing

Austraflora Fanfare Grevillea will grow to be about 10 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 10 feet. It tends to fill out right to the ground and therefore doesn't necessarily require facer plants in front. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 20 years.

This shrub does best in full sun to partial shade. It is very adaptable to both dry and moist growing conditions, but will not tolerate any standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. Consider covering it with a thick layer of mulch in winter to protect it in exposed locations or colder microclimates. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.