Grevillea victoriae

Low maintenance and drought tolerant, fast-growing (6' x 6') and attractive with glossy foliage, wonderful bronze buds and spectacular spidery red flowers rich in nectar...too good to be true?...no, it?s Grevillea! S/M-D

This Australian native makes a pretty large evergreen shrub. The foliage is deep green, flowers in winter and is burnt orange. Strange looking but makes an attractive show.

An intriguing evergreen shrub from the family that brings us proteas and banksias, this grevillea blooms in winter with orange-red clusters of tubular flowers. Plant in a warm sunny spot of your garden in well-drained soil. Protect from drying or cold winter winds.

Grevillea victoriae 'UBC' - Silver-leaved protea relative from Australia. This selection growing in our Cistus garden reaches 4-6' in time with gorgeous, thready, orange flowers all winter. Best in full sun and lean, well-drained soil with occasional summer water. As with all proteas, avoid fertilizers with potassium or phosphorous. Alfalfa pellets do very well. Frost hardy in USDA zone 8.

This has never had a speck of damage to it in the winter and in our opinion is one of the best broadleaf shrubs for our area. This is the straight species which we prefer over the various selections. Densely willowy with clusters of amber sheathed coral flowers Nov-May. Tough.

Dense upright shrub to 8' x 10'. Along with G. juniperina, this species is the other prominent representative of hardy-Grevillea-land. An attractive shrub in any season, its felty, silvery, upward pointing leaves provide the perfect backdrop for the numerous racemes of rusty orange flower buds. These appear in fall and open sporadically into vermillion-red spider-like flowers throughout the fall and winter, so that the plant is seldom out of bloom when hummingbirds are most in need of a drink. It has a naturally dense habit and may reach 10' or more over time with equal spread. Though it comes from high mountain areas of the Australian Alps, where it is buried in snow much of the year; it is adaptable to any well-drained site, handling regular irrigation or drought with ease. It will tolerate some shade, but performs best in sun. G. victoriae has a proven track record the Seattle area, demonstrating itself to be fully hardy through the coldest winters, and is always attractive and trouble free. Most Northwest gardeners who have discovered this plant cannot imagine their garden without it once they have tried it. It has also proven adaptable to hot summer climates, being successful at Plant Delights Nursery in Raliegh, NC. Hardy to 0 to 5 °F. Australia.