Grevillea

Create a paradise for birds and butterflies with the tall and airy Grevillea Elegance. A sky-reaching dense shrub, Elegance is coated with burnt-orange-red-warm-pink flowers for most of the year. Fine green foliage and an upright branching shape allow Elegance to live up to its name! Elegance is commonly included in a mixed planting, trimmed into a hedge, for screening, added to coastal gardens, or planted to attract birds. It is also ideal for planting around pool and barbecue areas, growing as a specimen, or maintaining in a large container.

Soil: Well-drained soil but can tolerate heavy soils
Conditions: Full sun. Drought, light frost, wind and coastal hardy.
Size: Height 3m x width 3m

A pretty evergreen shrub that displays clusters of beautiful vibrant pink spider flowers that bloom all year round, Lana Maree is a quick-growing and hardy grevillea Attractive to birds and insects, Lana Marie can be pruned to encourage a bushier habit and more flowers. This fine-leafed variety is ideal for hedging, windbreaks, native landscaping and feature planting.

Soil: Most well-drained soils including loam and sandy loam soils.
Conditions: Full sun. Drought, wind, salt, coastal and frost tolerant.
Size: Height 1-1.5m x width 1m

The exquisite Flamingo grevillea is a fast-growing, medium-sized shrub with masses of large rose-pink flowers appearing throughout the year. Due to their size, the flowers droop down - looking like pink flamingos arching down to feed. The flowers attract native wildlife, bees, nectar-eating birds and butterflies. Flamingo responds well to pruning and is ideal for screening and informal hedges. For best results feed it in warm months with a good, all-purpose native fertiliser.

Soil: Tolerates loam, clay and sand as long as it is well-drained.
Conditions: Full or partial sun. Drought, light frost, coastal tolerant.
Size: Height 4m x width 3m