Grevillea robusta

I saw this today up in the foothills but have never really paid attention to it before. I have sort of counted out the Acacias as they are all blooming / coming into bloom now and there is no sign of blooms on this.

Any guesses ?????

 

Lol, I had to think about it as I new the leaf shape and have just remembered it is Grevillea Robusta, haven't seen a mature one for years.

 

It's nice, has a willow feel about it. Good identification strongy

 

I go along with that one strongy, usually a pot plant.
Last tree like one I saw was in Cornwall.

 

I used to grow them at Enfield and Havant Parks nurseries years ago for dot plants in the beds and tall backing plants for interior displays and such. I hadn't seen a mature one in flower untill I went to Tenerife 6 years ago. I haven't grown them for 20 years or more, pity they aren't hardy here(yet!). They make good shade trees being evergreen.

 

Pete, was that a mature(ish) tree, I thought maybe Tresco but not mainland, perhaps it's time to experiment.

 

Just typed a long reply and lost it.
It was in one of the well known gardens down that way, the one where the troops left from the beach on D Day.
It was about 10ft high and the stem was around 4ins in dia.
I think it had some flowers as well.

 

Good evening strongy, Babe and pete. Goodness, I do apologise as I must have gone into hibernation after I posted the pics!

I would have never guessed that! Would you believe that ten years ago we bought one of those for the end of the garden. We planted it and went back to England as usual and came back twice a year to slave away on house and garden and by it's second year it was 10 foot tall and we said "no way" so dug it up as best we could, threw it away and replaced it with the Solanum rantonnetii which I have trained into a small (10 foot) tree and have pictured many times here. It would have been entirely too large for our small garden.

We go to this place, Alte, once or twice a month a least so I'll get some pics of it in bloom ... there is a smaller one in the background.

I must say I have been tempted several times by a Grevillea 'Canberra Gem', first saw one for sale in Ventnor Botanical Gardens and recently here ... but I've resisted. :rolleyes:

Again, apologies to all three ( ) but it's one of those posts that gets "lost".

Many thanks.

 

I thought you had gone into hibernation. :D
There are a few Grevilleas that now seem to be hardy/half hardy here but I am not sure about Robusta. As I said, perhaps it's time to experiment.

 

"Canberra gem" is a totally different proposition LoL.
More a shrub rather than a tree.

 

Lots on the ole grey matter these days so the mind :D :D :D wanders aimlessly.

True pete, that's why I'm tempted ... and it's beautiful if you've ever seen it in bloom, incredible ... but I haven't got the space ... think you can appreciate this concept. :D :rolleyes:

 

Seen it I've got one, and its fast growing, prunable, drought resistant and mines just showing the odd flower already.
Just slightly prickerly, on the down side. :D

Yes I understand the space thing, :D

 

I have to confess ... I went into PA (Plantaholic Anonymous) mode today ... and I bought a Grevillea juniperina (amongst other things) ...



Pete, this is slightly prickly so perhaps what you have. Apparently Canberra Gem is a cross between G juniperina and G rosmarinofolia. Could be this is the best one. It's a reasonable size (20cm pot) and was about �£3.30, lots of what I assume are things to be blooms. Did you know it's called a Spider Shrub?

 

Looks very similar to mine LoL

 

Oh, there you are pete. It's a lovely shrub other than the prickliness, isn't it? :D