Common name:
Grevillea, Silky Oak

Family name:
Proteaceae

Botanical name:
Grevillea spp. (7)

Flowering/fruiting season:
Common, available spring-autumn (Flood, 1980:94)

Location:
All zones (Flood, 1980)

Use:

• Food
• Flowers were sucked for nectar (Flood, 1980)

Notes:

• Not all species produce copious nectar; some areas good amounts only after rain (Gott, 1995)
• Grevillea ramosissima, G. australis, G. juniperina, G. lanigera, G. aff. alpina, G. victoriae, and G. diminuta occur in the ACT (Burbidge & Gray, 1976:146-147)

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Horticulture :
Do best in well-drained soil, sunny position (Wrigley & Fagg, 1998:330)

Similar species:

Use code:
NEC