Grevillia unfurling
A large, but compact native shrub within family Proteaceae. This is specifically Dorothy Gordon, a hybrid of Grevillea sessilis and Grevillea paradoxa.
A chance natural seedling was discovered at the Myall Park Botanic Garden in Queensland where the parent plants were growing.
It has two toned flowers of pink and beautifully contrasting burgundy and has flushes of flowers throughout the year, as well as bronzed new foliage growth. The flowers are a magnet to nectar eating birds and mammals.
The 'flowers' occur as an inflorescence which, in some species of Grevillea, may consist of 100 or more individual flowers.
Link to image of half-opened inflorescence: www.flickr.com/photos/112623317@N03/52337984100/in/photol...
Can grow to 3m high by 2 m width.
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Grevillia unfurling
A large, but compact native shrub within family Proteaceae. This is specifically Dorothy Gordon, a hybrid of Grevillea sessilis and Grevillea paradoxa.
A chance natural seedling was discovered at the Myall Park Botanic Garden in Queensland where the parent plants were growing.
It has two toned flowers of pink and beautifully contrasting burgundy and has flushes of flowers throughout the year, as well as bronzed new foliage growth. The flowers are a magnet to nectar eating birds and mammals.
The 'flowers' occur as an inflorescence which, in some species of Grevillea, may consist of 100 or more individual flowers.
Link to image of half-opened inflorescence: www.flickr.com/photos/112623317@N03/52337984100/in/photol...
Can grow to 3m high by 2 m width.
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