Botanical Name: Common Names:
Grevillea lavandulacea Tanunda Lavender Grevillea,
Native: Foliage Type:
Yes Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Shrubs Dense, Shrub Like
Description:
A beautiful low growing Grevillea, Tanunda forms a dense shrub growing 30cm high and up to 1m wide. It has attractive grey foliage that becomes covered in a brilliant display of red spider flowers in late winter and spring, also intermittently throughout the year. It will attract nectar feeding birds. It will make an excellent container plant or addition to any garden big or small, looks fantastic in rockeries. Size: 30cm x 1m
Mature Height: Mature Width:
30-60cm 60cm-1m
Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun, Semi Shade Well Drained
Landscape Use(s)
Balcony / Roof, Bird Attracting, Borders / Shrubbery, Coastal Garden, Courtyard, Feature, Foliage Feature / Colour, Formal Garden, Habitat, Low Water Garden, Mass Planting, Rockery, Verge, Container / Pot, Native Garden
Pests & Diseases: Generally trouble free
Cultural Notes:
Plant Care
Keep moist during dry periods, Low phosphorus slow release fertiliser, Mulch well
Family Name: Origin:
Proteaceae Australia
Characteristics
Foliage Colour: Grey
Flower Colour: Red
Flower Fragrant: No
Flowering Season: Spring
Fruit: Insignificant
Requirements Tolerances
Growth Rate: Moderate
Maintenance Level: Low
Water Usage: Low
Drought: High
Frost: Moderate
Wind: Medium / Moderate
.png "Plant Finder")