Grevilleas

Grevilleas

They're Australia's most versatile,longest-blooming shrubs,and there are hundreds of naturals species but it's mostly the popular hybrids that draw gardeners in.

They've been bred for bigger,showier flowers or masses of smaller blooms and many hybrids also have the tidier,more compact habit that gardeners want.

Grevillea Basics:

• Full sun to part-shade
• Soil should drain freely but average quality will do
• Prune after bloomig ends or when the least number of flowers are present on the bush
• Water them deeply,occasionallly,but only during dry times
• Feed once in spring with native plant fertiliser or don't feed at all
• Attracts birds with its nectar-rich flowers

Grower's tip:

Grevilleas grow fast and can become too big for their spot.Control them with regular prunin.

Cut back after blooming and prehaps give a light trim again a few months later.