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Golden Grevillea

Grevillea chrysophaea

Golden Grevillea
Photo: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0

Golden grevillea is a spreading shrub from southern Victoria, valued for its golden-yellow flowers that appear in winter and spring. It needs excellent drainage and a sunny spot, and it does best with little summer water once established.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water lightly while establishing, then give little or no extra water once established; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gravelly soil; tolerates poor, low-fertility soil.
Temperature
Hardy in mild to cool temperate conditions; frost tolerant, but protect young plants from severe cold and heat.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. Victoria
Climate
subtropical

About

Grevillea chrysophaea, commonly known as golden grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to Victoria in Australia. It is a spreading shrub with oblong to almost linear leaves, and dull to golden yellow flowers with a red or orange-red style.

Where it grows

Golden grevillea usually grows in eucalypt or banksia woodland in the Brisbane Ranges and in Gippsland in southern Victoria.

Other Grevillea plants

Grevillea aspleniifolia · Grevillea baileyana · Kahiliflower · Grevillea baueri · Fuchsia grevillea · Grevillea curviloba · Grevillea ×gaudichaudii · Grevillea glossadenia · Spreading Grevillea · Grevillea iaspicula · Juniper Leaf Grevillea · Lavender Grevillea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Grevillea chrysophaea 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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