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Greyia radlkoferi
Also called Woolly Bottlebrush, Wild Bottlebrush, Transvaal Bottlebrush, Wild Bottle Brush, Woolly Beacontree
Greyia radlkoferi is a shrub or small tree from South Africa, growing up to about 5 metres, with scarlet bottlebrush flower clusters in winter and spring. It needs full sun and well-drained soil, and is frost tender.
Greyia radlkoferi, the woolly bottlebrush or Natal bottlebrush, is a shrub or small tree, native to South Africa. It grows up to 5 metres in height and has smooth yellowish bark, becoming grey and deeply furrowed as it matures. The leaves are oval or heart-shaped and woolly on the undersurface, which distinguishes the species from Greyia sutherlandii. The scarlet flowers occur in dense, upright clusters from July to October in the species' native range.
It is named for Ludwig Adolph Timotheus Radlkofer.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Greyia radlkoferi 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.
