Detail
categories-4
Grevillea obtusifolia 'Gin Gin Gem'
Notes

Uses: Dense ground cover for rockeries, borders, embankments, verges, nature strips and roundabouts. Weed suppresser and soil stabilizer.
Responds well to hard pruning.
Flowers orange-red to purplish-red.
Attractive to native birds and insect for food and habitat.
Caution: Can be a skin irritant.
Note: This species is provisionally classified schedule 1, Regulation 24.2 under the Sewerage Act. Written approval is required prior to planting in streets or roads. It should not be planted closer than two metres to any sewer main or connection.

  • Height 0.1-0.2m
  • Spread 2-4m
  • Position
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
  • Family Proteaceae
  • Botanical Name Grevillea obtusifolia 'Gin Gin Gem'
  • Origin WA
  • Habit Prostrate, Dense, Spreading
  • Landscape Footslopes, Hills, Plains
  • Soil Texture Loam, Sand
  • pH Acidic, Neutral
  • Tolerates Drought, Moderate frost
  • Supplementary Watering Minimal
  • Flower Colour Red
  • Flowering Time Spring, Winter
  • Flower Type Clusters
  • Purpose Habitat, Ornamental
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Form Groundcover