Grevillea lanigera 'Coastal Gem' has a new home
I’m hooked on Grevillea. So hooked I made a trip to the SF Botanical Garden to find as many as I could. There are over 250 species and hybrids floating around. Grevillea comes from Australia and is in the kick ass Proteaceae family. I love its fabulous funky shrimp like flowers. Here are all the ones I could find in the garden:
Grevillea 'Juniperina'
Grevillea 'Pink Pearl'
Grevillea 'White Wings'
Grevillea victoriae
Grevillea 'Rivularis'
April 30, 2010 at 9:45 pm
I just learned of this one earlier this spring…what took me to long right? You have several fabulous colors!
May 1, 2010 at 4:53 pm
Great Flower and photos! The Rivularis looks like a sea creature.
May 1, 2010 at 5:00 pm
The Botanical Garden was having a plant sale this afternoon… we came home with FOUR new Grevilleas
May 1, 2010 at 7:09 pm
Megan, these Plant ID posts of yours are such fun and bring back fond memories of my plant ID classes way back when and all the little hand-printed index cards I made to memorize. I’d take home that ‘White Wings,’ what a beaut.
May 3, 2010 at 1:58 pm
Hoping you can answer my question: Is it legal to harvest Dudleya from your own private property? We have loads and loads of it growing out of every rock. They’re drought resistant and would be great in the yard. If not to harvest, is it legal to collect thier seeds for planting?
May 3, 2010 at 10:11 pm
Hello Laurie, I would suggest checking with your local laws in regards to harvesting the Dudleya. I would point you to an article on the web, http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/rareplants/conservation/lawsandregulations.shtml . Scroll down to the part about “Why aren’t endangered plants protected from taking on private lands?” and next to the “State” part.
May 3, 2010 at 2:55 pm
OH! The next street over from me is called Grevillea – I never had any idea what it was named for until today -thanks!
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May 16, 2010 at 12:50 pm
Grevillea ” pink pearl” : my sister came to visit here on the Mendocino coast in CA & she has an affinity for hummingbirds. I took her over to a place I call hummingbird hedge. This genera of Grevillea planted and let to grow, with forethought or not when first planted was spaced so well apart that the edges of each 10 -12 ft. plant stands side-by-side so you can’t see through this habitat for hummingbirds. Amazing that these plants are in the Proteacea family!! Good info.
May 18, 2010 at 12:43 pm
Apologies: no biggie, though I did spell the word Proteaceae incorrectly ( :
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