The Rebel Gardener

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 [...]

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 [...]

Powerfeed is a fertilizer that is made by the same company that make Seasol. I use it because it was the liquid fertilizer that had the least amount of Phosphorus in it. I’d also used it before on other non Proteaceae plants but now days I mainly just use on my Proteaceae plants when they [...]