Grevillea speciosa

Plant Characteristics

Habit		shrub
Height:	⇕	6 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6.
Width:	⇔	5 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 5.
Bloom:	❀	early summer, mid summer, late summer, early fall, mid fall, late fall, early winter, mid winter, late winter

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	part-sun
Features:	✓	flowers
USDA Zones:		8 to 10
Flower features:	❀	red, pink

Scientific Names

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Grevillea speciosa, also known as Red Spider Flower, is a shrub which is endemic to New South Wales in Australia.

This species is a shrub, growing up to 3 metres in height. Its leaves are narrow-obovate to round or elliptic to narrow-elliptic . The flowers which are red, or occasionally pink, appear predominantly from late winter to late spring (August to November in Australia) but appear sporadically throughout the year.

The species occurs in Sydney and the surrounding area in moist areas within dry sclerophyll woodland or heathland.

Cultivation

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