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Grevillea “Pink Ice”

debbie — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:43:16 +0000

Grevillea Pink Ice, a Gem amongst the Gravel. One of my favourite things to do where shopping for plants is to search through the “sale” plants at the back of the nursery. Not only because sometimes you can pick up a bargain but also because sometimes you can find a gem in amongst the rubbish. [...]

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Grevillea Petrophiloides

Rebel Gardener — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:48:28 +0000

Grevillea Petrophiloides is a Grevillea that really breaks the typical Grevillea stereotype. When most people look at it for the first time they could quite easily be forgiven for mistaking it for a Bottlebrush or maybe even a Hakea. The plant itself is quite rounded and bushy but where it differs from the “typical Grevillea” [...]

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Grevillea Rosmarinifolia

Rebel Gardener — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:31:16 +0000

Yesterday a reader left a comment about Grevillea Rosmarinifolia on my article, Grevillea, How to grow. “I want to plant a fence line with the Grevillea Rosmarinifolia as I believe they are hardy and also have spiky leaves which will provide a barrier from unwanted people climbing the fence. I will require about 100 plants [...]

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Silky Oak, what you really need to know

Rebel Gardener — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:23:21 +0000

Grevillea Robusta aka the Silky Oak The Grevillea Silky Oak is not only one of the most popular Grevilleas in cultivation but it also does have some features that are quite desirable. It does tolerate badly drained soils such as clay and will also tolerate some phosphorus toxicity in the soil as I’ve discovered in [...]

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Grevillea Robusta, an alternative way to grow.

Rebel Gardener — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:22:53 +0000

In my last article about Grevillea Robusta, the Silky Oak, I wrote about the fact that seed grown trees often take some years to flower and the possibility that trees propagated from cuttings may actually flower a lot sooner. The other issue with Grevillea Robusta is the fact that most of the flowers are held [...]

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Grevillea, How to grow.

Rebel Gardener — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 04:33:23 +0000

View Photo Album The Genus Grevillea is one of the most widespread over the continent of Australia. Its distribution ranges from the tropics of northern Australia to the temperate areas of Tasmania, from the deserts of central Australia to the alpine areas of the Australian Great Dividing Range. Different species have adapted to different climatic [...]

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Grevillea “Ned Kelly”

Rebel Gardener — Tue, 26 May 2009 05:29:00 +0000

Grevillea “Ned Kelly” (syn Masons Hybrid) is a hybrid between Grevillea banksii and Grevillea bipinnatifida. This was the plant that introduced me to Australian native plants as it was growing in my garden when we purchased that house in 1998. It was just outside our dining room window and was always covered in birds feasting [...]

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Grevillea Rhyolitica

Rebel Gardener — Tue, 19 May 2009 22:24:11 +0000

This is a fantastic Grevillea that I grew once before in my last garden. It’s normally sold as Grevillea Deua Flame or just Deua Grevillea. The reason that I like it so much is that it grows fairly quickly and always seems to be covered in flowers. The other great thing about this Grevillea is [...]

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Grevillea Thelemanniana

Rebel Gardener — Sat, 16 May 2009 04:24:40 +0000

Grevillea Thelemanniana grey leaf form. I found this little Grevillea growing in my garden recently that I’d forgot that I’d planted nearly 3 years ago. An Eremophila ground cover had grown to cover about half of it and it wasn’t until the Grevillea started to flower that I really noticed it. Most of the other [...]

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Grevilleas – Drought Tolerant Plants

Rebel Gardener — Sat, 16 May 2009 04:08:59 +0000

Nearly all Grevilleas can be classified as Drought Tolerant Plants but some are even more Drought Tolerant than the rest. Grevilleas have long had a reputation as being drought tolerant plants. Mostly all the 300 plus species are native to Australia which is a continent well known as one of the driest continents on the [...]

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Grevilleas

Rebel Gardener — Mon, 11 May 2009 10:59:15 +0000

Grevilleas – some of the myths exposed. Grevilleas are a plant that have been used it gardens and landscaping for many years and despite this it still amazes me as to how many misconceptions there are about growing them, especially in the home garden. They are a genus of plants that grow mostly on the [...]

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