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Grevillea calcicola

Grevillea calcicola is a much-branched Australian shrub from the Cape Range near Exmouth, Western Australia, growing 2 to 4 m tall with cream flowers from May to August. It needs well-drained, limestone-type soil and full sun, and it is rarely grown outside its native region.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; let the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, alkaline or limestone-based soil; avoid heavy clay.
Temperature
15–35 °C; protect from frost below about 0 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
W. Western Australia (Cape Range)
Climate
subtropical

About

Grevillea calcicola is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the north-west of Western Australia. It is a much-branched shrub with pinnatisect leaves with linear lobes, and off-white to cream-coloured flowers.

Where it grows

This grevillea grows in low mallee shrubland in rocky or stony limestone soils and is restricted to the Cape Range west of Exmouth in north-western Western Australia.

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 calcicola 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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