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My Grevillea plant is flowering
After taking up space in the garden for three years my Grevillea "Austraflora Canterbury Gold" has finally decided to show it's true colours and bloom. In fact, I wasn't actually sure what plant it was until it did flower.
A self-proclaimed horticulturalist told me it was a type of acacia, which seemed to make sense, especially when you look closely at the leaf shape. Had someone told me it was a grevillea prior to seeing the flower I wouldn't have believed them as most grevillea's foliage is either needle-like or have serrated adges. But this is undoubtedly a grevillea and flowering very nicely for a great filler shrub in my native garden.
It looks like it might have earnt itself a right to stay.
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We've all been fooled trying to ID a plant by leaf alone! There are a number of Grevillea with entire leaves like this one. It looks great when it has spread more and in full flower.
Posted by: Corinne | September 2, 2006 6:15 PM
Thats a nice grevillea stuart, three years is a long time to wait for flowers, Does it get plenty of sun? We visited an open garden last weekend that had 200 grevilleas growing. it was an absolute delight even in the middle of the bad drought we are having. Glad to see you are up and running again. They can knock a gardener but they can't keep him down. All the best with your blog and happy spring
Posted by: roy | September 7, 2006 5:47 AM
Hi Roy,
Thanks for your lovely comments. It's good to be up and running again.
This grevillea would only get about 6 hours sun per day which is quite probably the reason for its lack of flowering.
However, even though it hasn't flowered for 3 years, this shrub is literally covered in blooms this year.
Posted by: Stuart | September 7, 2006 5:59 AM