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Woolly Cluster Grevillea

Grevillea eriobotrya

Woolly Cluster Grevillea
Photo: Allthingsnative, CC BY-SA 4.0

Woolly cluster grevillea is a dense, erect, spreading shrub from the south-west of Western Australia, grown for its clusters of white to creamy flowers. The key to growing it is sharp drainage and sun in a sandy soil, as it is adapted to sandplains.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then keep fairly dry; it tolerates drought once mature and dislikes wet feet.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or lightly acidic soil; poorly drained clay is unsuitable.
Temperature
Mild subtropical to temperate conditions; protect from prolonged frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Grevillea eriobotrya, commonly called the woolly cluster grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to a small area in the south-west of Western Australia. It is dense, erect, spreading shrub usually with linear leaves, and groups of white to creamy-white flowers.

Where it grows

Woolly cluster grevillea grows on sandplains amongst tall or medium trees in sandy soils in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie and Yalgoo IBRA regions.

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 eriobotrya 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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