#grevilleas — Public Fediverse posts
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@ARC_Tracker I'd love to be an assessor, get my #Mum (she's getting on a bit, has some strong ideas about quilting, the #ALP and #grevilleas, but none about #research) to do the writing.
It'd make the job SO much easier.
No need to cite her - she has no idea really, just writes well. Perfect.
[I did not use MyMum.ai, nor any other LLM in construction of this content, and take resposibollity for typos, rantiness and the purple stripey HighHorse™ I am sitting on.]
[Did I mention the wee froth sitch? Oh I did. Rightio]
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@ARC_Tracker I'd love to be an assessor, get my #Mum (she's getting on a bit, has some strong ideas about quilting, the #ALP and #grevilleas, but none about #research) to do the writing.
It'd make the job SO much easier.
No need to cite her - she has no idea really, just writes well. Perfect.
[I did not use MyMum.ai, nor any other LLM in construction of this content, and take resposibollity for typos, rantiness and the purple stripey HighHorse™ I am sitting on.]
[Did I mention the wee froth sitch? Oh I did. Rightio]
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@ARC_Tracker I'd love to be an assessor, get my #Mum (she's getting on a bit, has some strong ideas about quilting, the #ALP and #grevilleas, but none about #research) to do the writing.
It'd make the job SO much easier.
No need to cite her - she has no idea really, just writes well. Perfect.
[I did not use MyMum.ai, nor any other LLM in construction of this content, and take resposibollity for typos, rantiness and the purple stripey HighHorse™ I am sitting on.]
[Did I mention the wee froth sitch? Oh I did. Rightio]
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@ARC_Tracker I'd love to be an assessor, get my #Mum (she's getting on a bit, has some strong ideas about quilting, the #ALP and #grevilleas, but none about #research) to do the writing.
It'd make the job SO much easier.
No need to cite her - she has no idea really, just writes well. Perfect.
[I did not use MyMum.ai, nor any other LLM in construction of this content, and take resposibollity for typos, rantiness and the purple stripey HighHorse™ I am sitting on.]
[Did I mention the wee froth sitch? Oh I did. Rightio]
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@ARC_Tracker I'd love to be an assessor, get my #Mum (she's getting on a bit, has some strong ideas about quilting, the #ALP and #grevilleas, but none about #research) to do the writing.
It'd make the job SO much easier.
No need to cite her - she has no idea really, just writes well. Perfect.
[I did not use MyMum.ai, nor any other LLM in construction of this content, and take resposibollity for typos, rantiness and the purple stripey HighHorse™ I am sitting on.]
[Did I mention the wee froth sitch? Oh I did. Rightio]
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Grevillea 'Raspberry Dream' looking good in the nursery this morning after overnight rain. I wasn't that excited about this recent release from the Kings Park hybrid grevillea breeding program when I first saw it but after some extensive testing in the garden (and by 'testing I mean leaving a batch sitting in pots for six months at the back of the house before finally remembering I still had them - then cutting them back to nothing before planting!) they are actually pretty good.
They flower a lot and respond well to a hard prune - new foliage is finer and a lighter green than a lot of other red/orange/pink hybrids.
Parentage of this hybrid is pretty interesting. I've see it described as 'involving' Grevillea scortechinii (black flowers) and a hybrid of Grevillea 'Little Honey' (orange/yellow flowers) and Grevillea formosa (large yellow/green flowers). 'Little Honey' is thought to be 'Honey Gem' and G. banksii 'White Dwarf' ... 'Honey Gem' is G. banksiii red form and G. pteridifolia. So quite a lot going on in the mix there!
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Grevillea candelabroides (grafted) flowering in the garden at Corunna, NSW. This beautiful WA species features attractive foliage and large sprays of creamy white flowers (which are scented). Grafted plants are a good option in the east and can be long lived in areas with summer humidity. Unfortunately not often seen in general nurseries although does occasionally become available in small numbers.
#Grevilleas #NativePlants #InTheGarden #OzPlants #BloomScrolling #Biodiversity
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Kangaroo paws (Anigozanthos hybrid) and Grevillea plurijuga currently flying the flag for WA flora in the Corunna, NSW garden.
Grafted G. plurijugas are now more widely available in SE NSW nurseries (as G 'Purple Haze') and do pretty well in local conditions.
#InTheGarden #OzPlants #Grevilleas #Spring #Gardening #NativePlants #BloomScrolling
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First garden casualty of the recent wild winds at Corunna, NSW - finally lost the 20+ year old grafted Grevillea flexuosa (Zig Zag Grevillea) in the bottom veggie patch.
This was orginally planted as a test of how well the Grevillea robusta rootstock would handle really wet, boggy conditions as parts of the bottom veggie patch remain waterlogged for much of the year in non-drought times.
In recent years it has started to struggle a little with some branches dying off - plus some regular heavy pruning by the cows! Recent gusty westerly winds snapped a main branch which then dragged the whole plant over. RIP.
Last year I planted a new one up in the main garden as a backup - so hopefully I can get another 20 years out of it as well!
This rare/endangered WA grevillea is sometimes available in the east grafted on G. robusta rootstock but there are some doubts about the long term compatibility of this combo and it is not often seen in general nurseries these days. Hopefully a grower will start doing larger numbers of plants with intergrafts - or on a different rootstock - as they make spectacular garden plants.
#Grevilleas #OzPlants #InTheGarden #GraftedGrevilleas #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography
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Carrington Falls Grevillea - Grevillea rivularis - endangered NSW species with a very limited population in the wild. I've ended up with several plants in a paddock, presumably seedlings from an old stock plant. Foliage is pretty prickly which is probably why it's rarely seen in nurseries - with many cultivated plants actually x acanthifolia hybrids (like 'Carrington Cross'). G. rivularis is also said to be one part of the well known 'Bronze Rambler' hybrid (crossed with 'Poorinda Peter').
#Grevilleas #Proteaceae #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheGarden
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Carrington Falls Grevillea - Grevillea rivularis - endangered NSW species with a very limited population in the wild. I've ended up with several plants in a paddock, presumably seedlings from an old stock plant. Foliage is pretty prickly which is probably why it's rarely seen in nurseries - with many cultivated plants actually x acanthifolia hybrids (like 'Carrington Cross'). G. rivularis is also said to be one part of the well known 'Bronze Rambler' hybrid (crossed with 'Poorinda Peter').
#Grevilleas #Proteaceae #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheGarden
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Carrington Falls Grevillea - Grevillea rivularis - endangered NSW species with a very limited population in the wild. I've ended up with several plants in a paddock, presumably seedlings from an old stock plant. Foliage is pretty prickly which is probably why it's rarely seen in nurseries - with many cultivated plants actually x acanthifolia hybrids (like 'Carrington Cross'). G. rivularis is also said to be one part of the well known 'Bronze Rambler' hybrid (crossed with 'Poorinda Peter').
#Grevilleas #Proteaceae #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheGarden
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Carrington Falls Grevillea - Grevillea rivularis - endangered NSW species with a very limited population in the wild. I've ended up with several plants in a paddock, presumably seedlings from an old stock plant. Foliage is pretty prickly which is probably why it's rarely seen in nurseries - with many cultivated plants actually x acanthifolia hybrids (like 'Carrington Cross'). G. rivularis is also said to be one part of the well known 'Bronze Rambler' hybrid (crossed with 'Poorinda Peter').
#Grevilleas #Proteaceae #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheGarden
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Carrington Falls Grevillea - Grevillea rivularis - endangered NSW species with a very limited population in the wild. I've ended up with several plants in a paddock, presumably seedlings from an old stock plant. Foliage is pretty prickly which is probably why it's rarely seen in nurseries - with many cultivated plants actually x acanthifolia hybrids (like 'Carrington Cross'). G. rivularis is also said to be one part of the well known 'Bronze Rambler' hybrid (crossed with 'Poorinda Peter').
#Grevilleas #Proteaceae #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheGarden
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Robust roadside Conospermum taxifolium (variable smoke-bush) near Narrabarba, NSW. Over 1.5m high with attractive foliage + large flower spikes. Close to southern limit of this variable species here just north of the NSW/VIC border (scattered plants can still be found a little further south near Mallacoota in East Gippsland).
#Grevilleas #Proteaceae #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheField
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Robust roadside Conospermum taxifolium (variable smoke-bush) near Narrabarba, NSW. Over 1.5m high with attractive foliage + large flower spikes. Close to southern limit of this variable species here just north of the NSW/VIC border (scattered plants can still be found a little further south near Mallacoota in East Gippsland).
#Grevilleas #Proteaceae #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheField
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Robust roadside Conospermum taxifolium (variable smoke-bush) near Narrabarba, NSW. Over 1.5m high with attractive foliage + large flower spikes. Close to southern limit of this variable species here just north of the NSW/VIC border (scattered plants can still be found a little further south near Mallacoota in East Gippsland).
#Grevilleas #Proteaceae #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheField
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Robust roadside Conospermum taxifolium (variable smoke-bush) near Narrabarba, NSW. Over 1.5m high with attractive foliage + large flower spikes. Close to southern limit of this variable species here just north of the NSW/VIC border (scattered plants can still be found a little further south near Mallacoota in East Gippsland).
#Grevilleas #Proteaceae #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheField
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Robust roadside Conospermum taxifolium (variable smoke-bush) near Narrabarba, NSW. Over 1.5m high with attractive foliage + large flower spikes. Close to southern limit of this variable species here just north of the NSW/VIC border (scattered plants can still be found a little further south near Mallacoota in East Gippsland).
#Grevilleas #Proteaceae #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheField
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Grevillea patulifolia* in coastal heathland near Ulladulla, NSW. Leaves are more rigid/pointed than Grevillea linearifolia (which G. patulifolia was once included in) but the abundant slightly pink flowers are attractive.
Unfortunately don't see a lot of this or similar G. linearifolia related species in nirseries (outside of specialist native nurseries) although some compact coastal forms have been more widely grown. The slightly prickly foliage on G. patulifolia is probably not going to help it become a popular choice for growers or nurseries but I'd definitely grab a couple for my garden if I ever saw them for sale somewhere.
*Bungled the ID in original post - G. linearifolia is also growing nearby at this location but this is not it ... didn't realise Grevillea patulifolia could also be seen growing at Ulladulla.
#Grevilleas #Proteaceae #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheField
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Grevillea macleayana in coastal heathland near Ulladulla, NSW. These coastal forms with mostly entire, elliptic leaves + showy pink/red toothbrush racemes offer a lot of potential as garden plants but don't seem to be as common in nurseries as they were in the 80s/90s when growers still propagated actual species. Generally listed as rare but locally common at Ulladulla and around Jervis Bay.
#Grevilleas #Proteaceae #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheField