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Grevillea latifolia

Grevillea latifolia
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au

Grevillea latifolia is a shrub in the Protea family, endemic to the Kimberley region of north-western Australia, with broad leaves and pink-to-red flower clusters from March to September. Grow it in full sun with well-drained, sandy soil and very little water once established.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply during establishment, then let the soil dry between waterings; tolerates seasonal dry spells.
Soil
Sandy or loamy, free-draining soil; avoid heavy wet clay.
Temperature
Warm tropical conditions; protect from frost, roughly below 5 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
N. Western Australia
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Grevillea latifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It is a shrub with round or broadly egg-shaped to heart-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and clusters of pale to deep flowers that turn red as they age.

Where it grows

This grevillea grows amongst medium to low trees in woodlands or grasslands in scattered populations on the Mitchell and Gardner Plateaus, the King Edward and Lawley Rivers almost to Wyndham in the east. It grows in sandy or loamy soils on sandstone, quartzite or laterite.

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 latifolia 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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