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Grevillea mollis

Grevillea mollis
Photo: Poyt448 Peter Woodard, CC0

Grevillea mollis, or soft grevillea, is an open, spreading shrub from north-eastern New South Wales, grown for its bright scarlet flowers that appear from August to November. It is best given full sun to part shade and a well-drained soil, and is mainly grown in subtropical and mild climates.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then reduce to occasional deep watering once established; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, slightly acidic to neutral soil, sandy or loamy.
Temperature
10–30 °C; protect from frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
NE. New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Grevillea mollis, commonly known as soft grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of north-eastern New South Wales. It is an open, spreading shrub with oblong to elliptic leaves and loose clusters of bright scarlet red flowers.

Where it grows

Soft grevillea grows on ridges, rocky slopes and creek flats in tall forest and is only known from the Gibraltar Range and Nymboida national parks in north-eastern New South Wales.

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 mollis 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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