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Grevillea secunda

Grevillea secunda is a spreading desert shrub from inland Western Australia, grown in gardens for its pinkish-red flowers on one side of the flower stalk. It needs full sun, excellent drainage and little water once established.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; let the soil dry out between waterings and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or gritty soil, low in nutrients.
Temperature
Tolerates hot, dry conditions and light frosts; protect from prolonged frost below about -5 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SC. Western Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Grevillea secunda is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to inland Western Australia. It is a spreading shrub with divided leaves, the end lobes cylindrical and sharply pointed, and clusters of pinkish-red flowers with a red style arranged on one side of the floral rachis.

Where it grows

This grevillea grows in open woodland or shrubland, on sand dunes or sandplains from Comet Vale to Queen Victoria Spring Nature Reserve and at about 70 km (43 mi) west of Menzies, in the Coolgardie, Great Victoria Desert and Murchison bioregions of inland Western Australia.

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 secunda 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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