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Another winter-flowering grevillea doing well this year in the garden after a hard prune last year is the G. banksii prostrate form.

This form only grows to about 30cm tall and spreads to well over 2m wide creating a striking groundcover or cascading feature (mine is on the edge of a raised rockery bed and spreads out over the edge of the wall).

Rarely see either this or the regular small tree form of this variable species in nurseries down my way - but occasionally can get the even more compact prostrate form sold as 'Ruby Red'. This is also a great plant - I have one in the garden but it is currently 'under renovation' and not flowering at all.

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Grevillea 'Dorothy Gordon' is already flowering again in the garden after a hard prune (with the hedge trimmer) in winter. This is a great hybrid Grevillea for using as either a feature planting or a dense screen (with regular pruning).

Parentage is G. sessilis x G. paradoxa according to the breeders - which always surprises me a bit. Definitely worth a spot in any native garden with at least some water available (and no heavy frosts). Not hard to find in nurseries at different times - but not sure why growers don't have larger numbers available right across the year.

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