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Grevillea laurifolia, laurel-leaf grevillea, is a low, spreading shrub native to the Blue Mountains of New South Wales. It grows well in cultivation with excellent drainage and a sunny position.
Grevillea laurifolia, commonly known as laurel-leaf grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is a prostrate, trailing shrub with egg-shaped, heart-shaped or round leaves, and clusters of reddish to deep maroon flowers.
Grevillea laurifolia adapts readily to cultivation provided it has good drainage and a sunny aspect. It can have difficulties at lower altitudes. Larger-leaved forms have been selected for horticulture and make attractive groundcover plants and can attract birds to the garden. Grevillea 'Poorinda Royal Mantle' is a vigorous cultivar that was bred by Victorian plantsman Leo Hodge and registered in 1978; it is thought to be a hybrid between G. laurifolia and G. willisii. The most commonly cultivated subspecies is subsp. caleyana, because of its larger flowers.
Subspecies laurifolia occurs in the Blue Mountains between Valley Heights and Wentworth Falls at altitudes between 250 and 835 m (820 and 2,740 ft). Subspecies caleyana is found mainly in the upper Blue Mountains between Wentworth Falls, Lithgow, Mount Werong, Wombeyan Caves and Mittagong between about 500 and 1,000 m (1,600 and 3,300 ft) above sea level. It grows in low-nutrient clay-, shale- and sand-based soils, either on ridges and slopes or in the vicinity of swampy areas. The habitat is open sclerophyll forest under such trees as silvertop ash (Eucalyptus sieberi), Sydney peppermint (E. piperita), broad-leaved peppermint (E. dives, brittle gum (E. mannifera, red stringybark (E. macrorhyncha), brown barrel (E. fastigata) and alongside shrubs such as Mirbelia platyloboides, dense phyllota (Phyllota squarrosa), mountain geebung (Persoonia chamaepitys), myrtle geebung (P. myrtilloides) and stiff-leaf wattle (Acacia obtusifolia), or in more open woodland or heath associated with Faulconbridge mallee ash (Eucalyptus burgessiana), Blue Mountains mallee ash (E.
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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.
