Grevillea 'Honey Gem'

A beautiful grevillea that flowers most of the year - highly recommended
He is drought tolerant and copes well with coastal enviro...Read Morenments.
I have a number of these in my garden and the honey dripping flowers attract the following birds - lorrikeets, blue faced honeyeaters, native minors, blue wrens and eastern rosellas, as well as native bees.
Lovely as a speciman tree or can also be used for screening and hedging. The popular myth that Australian native plants do not like to be pruned is untrue - prune to shape, encourage flowering and to encourage shrubby growth as required
Mulch regularly, and I feed twice yearly with a slow release native plant food (low phosphorous) as well as regular applications of seaweed extract and molasses

Grevillea 'Honey Gem' originated as a seedling from the cross between Grevillea banksii (red form) and Grevillea pteridifolia in garden o...Read Moref the Cherrel Jerks of Taringa in Brisbane, Queensland.

It is a vivid orange color and very beautiful.