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Grevillea aquifolium, holly grevillea, is a shrub or scrambling plant from south-east South Australia and western Victoria, grown for its red toothbrush-style flowers. It thrives in a well-drained spot with sun or part shade, and mature plants are drought tolerant but dislike humidity.
Grevillea aquifolium is a shrubby or scrambling plant endemic to South Australia and Victoria. Common names include holly grevillea, prickly grevillea or variable prickly grevillea. It occurs naturally in woodland, open forest and heathland.
A number of naturally occurring forms have been brought into cultivation from locations including Carpenter Rocks, Cooack, Halls Gap, Kenbruck Heath, Lake Wartook, Little Desert, Mount William and Serra Road.
'Copper Crest', a hybrid cross of G. aquifolium and G. acanthifolia, is a commercially released cultivar that was selected in Montrose in Victoria in 1975.
Grevillea aquifolium occurs in the south-east of South Australia and western Victoria.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Grevillea aquifolium by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
