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Grevillea cravenii

Grevillea cravenii is a spreading, low shrub from the Kimberley coast of north-west Western Australia, grown for its purplish-red to dark maroon flowers. It needs good drainage and full sun in a warm, seasonally dry climate.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then reduce to occasional deep watering and let the soil dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gritty soil; tolerates poor, low-nutrient soils.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
N. Western Australia
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Grevillea cravenii is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to a small area along the north west coast of the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It is a spreading to weakly erect shrub with narrowly oblong leaves with lobed or toothed edges, and purplish-red to dark maroon flowers.

Where it grows

Grevillea cheilocarpa grows in grassy woodland where it is only known from the type location in the Prince Regent National Park.

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 cravenii 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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