Dense Queensland shrub is strongly branched. Leaves are pinnate and about 15 to 25cm long with narrow lobes. They are green above and red-hairy beneath. Flowers are red, pink or creamy white and are borne from late winter to spring but also at other times during the year. Grevillea banksii can grow to about 10m tall and 5m wide. Grevilleas are excellent garden candidates across Australia, highly adaptable and bird attracting they include trees, shrubs and groundcovers.
- Type
- Native
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Water use
- Moderate
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Container
- Zero
- Size
- Small shrubs 0.5 - 3 metres
- Root size
- 2.5 metres
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Zones
- Moist tropical, Semi-arid with summer rain, Moist temperate with hot summers, Semi-arid with winter rain, Moist temperate with warm summers, Winter rains with dry summers
- Soils
- Sandy, Loam, Clay
- Regions
- Yarra Valley Water plants, Habitat plants
- Shade levels
- Full sun
- Flowering seasons
- Spring, Winter
- Colours
- Green, Red, White, Pink