Grevillea, Spider Flower, Woolly Grevillea 'Mt. Tamboritha'

I've just bought it after cruising thru the drought tolerant section, sales woman recommended it as low spreading 5' and needs little wa...Read Moreter in Los Angeles.

I have a 30" brick retaining wall to right of drive with back fill soil, fast draining. 2 Ceanothus Centennial were there, they were magnificent and died 5 years later because of too much water.

Once these settle in this winter and next year I'll turn the water down or off on them. I've never seen a low Grevillia, I was in landscaping and many new plants in good nurseries.

One of the few prostrate grevilleas that will grow in shade. It is more susceptible to phytophora than most cultivated grevilleas, but no...Read Moret as bad as Pittosporum or most banksias. Applying rid-a-rot when planting isn't a bad idea.

This is quite a prostrate, beautiful Grevillea. This Australian Native's flowers are yellow and red. They are also quite spider like. Whe...Read Moren flowering it will produce an abundance of flowers.Will tolerate light frost and seaside conditions. Plant in a Full Sun or Semi-Shaded position. A great plant. pokerboy.

This is a prostrate form of this Australian native. It is a very tolerant plant and will take extended exposure to both wet and dry soils...Read More. It is also supposed to tolerate coastal environments and light frost. The red and yellow spiderlike flowers are produced all year round, but seem with us to be most numerous in Autumn. The branches are crowded with pointed leaves, and grow densely enough to supress weeds.

Like all grevilleas it produces lots of nectar, although nectar feeding birds appear wary of its low growth habit and are only occasional visitors.