The Rebel Gardener

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 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” appearance [...]

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 and [...]

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 my [...]

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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 [...]

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 on [...]

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 that [...]

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 proteaceae plants [...]

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 planet. [...]

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 continent of [...]