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Grevillea burrowa

Grevillea burrowa
Photo: Melburnian, CC BY-SA 3.0

Burrowa grevillea is a spreading shrub, 1.5 to 4 m high, native to a very small area of Victoria near the New South Wales border. It is grown mainly for its reddish-pink flower clusters, and is rarely cultivated outside its native range.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then allow the soil to dry between waterings; it tolerates dry conditions.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gravelly soil; avoid heavy clay and waterlogging.
Temperature
5–30 °C; tolerates cold and frost once established.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Victoria
Climate
subtropical

About

Grevillea burrowa, commonly known as Burrowa grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of Victoria, Australia. It is a spreading shrub with oblong to egg-shaped leaves, and clusters of reddish-pink flowers.

Where it grows

Burrowa grevillea grows in woodland in on rocky outcrops in shrubland in montane areas in the Burrowa-Pine Mountain National Park in Victoria, near the New South Wales border, where it is known from two populations about 3 km (1.9 mi) apart.

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 burrowa 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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