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Grevillea macleayana

Grevillea macleayana
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au

Jervis Bay grevillea is a spreading to erect shrub from south-eastern New South Wales, usually 1 to 3 m tall, grown for its hairy, lobed foliage and greenish to pink flowers. It needs well-drained soil and full sun and is best kept in a sheltered garden spot.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then allow the soil to dry between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or gravelly soil; tolerates poor, acidic soils.
Temperature
10–30 °C; tolerates light frost, protect from severe cold.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Grevillea macleayana, commonly known as Jervis Bay grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to south-eastern New South Wales. It is a spreading shrub with egg-shaped to elliptic, sometimes lobed leaves, and greenish or greyish flowers with a pink to red style.

Where it grows

Grevillea macleayana grows in low woodland or shrubland in near-coastal areas of New South Wales from near Jervis Bay to Moruya, and inland as far as Bundanoon.

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 macleayana 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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