http://www.gardeningnativeplants.com/grevillea-robusta/ Gardening Tough, Drought Tolerant Plants Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:19:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.gardeningnativeplants.com/grevillea-robusta/comment-page-1/#comment-151 Rebel Gardener Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:14:12 +0000 http://www.gardeningnativeplants.com/?p=986#comment-151 Hi Matt, thanks for the comment. I was at my sisters house in the country on the weekend which is very frost prone. She has two in her front garden. One has lost a lot of leaves while the other has lost hardly any. I reckon there's a really case for selective breeding of these trees such as by cuttings to breed superior trees. When you find a good specimen they look so fantastic, especially when in flower. Hi Matt, thanks for the comment. I was at my sisters house in the country on the weekend which is very frost prone. She has two in her front garden. One has lost a lot of leaves while the other has lost hardly any. I reckon there’s a really case for selective breeding of these trees such as by cuttings to breed superior trees. When you find a good specimen they look so fantastic, especially when in flower.

]]> http://www.gardeningnativeplants.com/grevillea-robusta/comment-page-1/#comment-150 Matt Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:49:16 +0000 http://www.gardeningnativeplants.com/?p=986#comment-150 I've experienced absolutely the same results on frost-pruned robustas I've had growing in USDA zone 7b. Winter cold would knock the top branches back and every spring they would re-shoot to a more and more densely growing shrub-form. I’ve experienced absolutely the same results on frost-pruned robustas I’ve had growing in USDA zone 7b. Winter cold would knock the top branches back and every spring they would re-shoot to a more and more densely growing shrub-form.

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