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Grevillea asparagoides

Grevillea asparagoides
Photo: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0

Grevillea asparagoides is a dense, prickly Western Australian shrub with pink to reddish flowers, grown for its showy blooms. It needs full sun and very well-drained soil.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; let the soil dry out between waterings and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gritty mix; tolerates poor soils.
Temperature
Tolerates warm, dry summers and mild frosts; protect from severe frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
W. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Grevillea asparagoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is dense, prickly shrub with deeply divided leaves, the end lobes linear and sharply pointed, and pink to reddish flowers with red styles.

How to grow it

This species requires a well-drained soil and full sun. Propagation is from cuttings; grafting on the east coast of Australia may be required to ensure greater reliability.

Where it grows

This grevillea grows in heathland and shrubland in scattered populations between Perenjori, Wongan Hills and Bindi Bindi in the Avon Wheatbelt biogeographic region.

Other Grevillea plants

Grevillea acacioides · Grevillea acanthifolia · Grevillea acerata · Grevillea acrobotrya · Grevillea acropogon · Grevillea acuaria · Grevillea adenotricha · Grevillea agrifolia · Grevillea albiflora · Catclaws Grevillea · Grevillea alpivaga · Grevillea althoferorum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Grevillea asparagoides 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.

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