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Rosemary grevillea
Grevillea rosmarinifolia
Growing guidance
Horticultural figures below are practitioner estimates for planning, pending expert review. The botanical record further down is sourced and verifiable.
Current-climate suitability
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Sun
Full sun
Soil moisture
free-draining, average
Heat tolerance
Up to about 44°C
Cold tolerance
Down to about -6°C
Waterlogging tolerance
1/5
Drought tolerance
5/5
Mature size
1–2 m tall, 2 m spread
Seasonal interest
Winter to spring · Red and cream
Maintenance
low
Wildlife supported
General wildlife value 5/5 (verified species relationships are shown only where structured data exists)
Known risks or warnings
Avoid phosphorus fertiliser; sap can irritate skin.
Toxicity: mild
Verified botanical record
- Accepted scientific name
- Grevillea rosmarinifolia A.Cunn.
- Family
- Proteaceae (Proteales)
- Rank and status
- species · accepted
- GBIF record
- Taxon 7287628
Grevillea rosmarinifolia, commonly known as rosemary grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia and naturalised in other parts of the country. It is usually an erect, compact to open shrub with linear, narrowly elliptic or narrowly oblong leaves with the edges rolled under, and loose clusters of pink to red flowers.
Description from Wikipedia — Grevillea rosmarinifolia (CC BY-SA), shortened and unedited in substance.
Native status and geographic context
- United Kingdom: climate-suitable
- United States: climate-suitable
- Australia: native
Native status is never inferred from climate similarity. Plants restricted or invasive in a jurisdiction are excluded from recommendations there.
Demonstration data. Climate, plant and retailer records shown here are realistic samples awaiting horticultural validation and live data connections.