Plant in full to partial sun in a well-drained soil and water occasionally – should prove drought tolerant once established. Hardy to around 20° F (breeder reports tolerating to 19.4° F). A great plant for use as a hedge or screen that has proven itself in inland San Diego county plantings where it has been grown for cut flower use.

The genus name Grevillea honors Charles Francis Greville (1749-1809), a patron of botany, a very close friend of Sir Joseph Banks, and president of the Royal Society of London.

Grevillea 'Little Honey' was a spontaneous seedling hybrid that arose in a Burpengary, QLD garden bed of Dennis Cox and Janice Glazebrook in 1990. The seedling came up in this garden near a plant of Grevillea 'Honey Gem' and Grevillea banksii "White Dwarf" and these two plants are the presumed parents. Grevillea 'Honey Gem' (a hybrid between Grevillea banksii and Grevillea pteridifolia) is a very large plant with orange flowers and broader leaves while the Grevillea banksii is a low sprawling plant with cream colored flowers and grey-green hairy lobed leaves. This plant was selected because of its smaller growth form and profuse flowering. It received US Plant Patent PP18,489 in February 2008 and was first grown in California as a cut flower and later was a 2013 release in the U.S. nursery trade by Ball Horticulture. Nice plant but we have so many other nice Grevillea so we decided not to continue with this plant. 

This information about Grevillea 'Little Honey' PP18,489 displayed is based on research conducted in our horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We also will relate observations made about it as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments that we receive from others and we welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they can share any cultural information that would aid others in growing it.