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Products > Grevillea 'Little Honey' PP18,489
 
Grevillea 'Little Honey' PP18,489

Note: This plant is not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.  
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Habit and Cultural Information
Category: Shrub
Family: Proteaceae (Proteas)
Origin: Australia (Australasia)
Evergreen: Yes
Flower Color: Yellow & Orange
Bloomtime: Winter/Spring
Fragrant Flowers: Yes
Parentage: G. 'Honey Gem' x G. banksii "White Dwarf")
Height: 6-8 feet
Width: 6-12 feet
Exposure: Full Sun
Summer Dry: Yes
Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs
Winter Hardiness: 15-20° F
Grevillea 'Little Honey' PP18,489 - A medium to large sized shrub that grows 6 to 8 feet in height and is wider than tall with 8 inch long narrowly dissected leaves that are medium green above and creamy-silvery underneath. From winter through spring appear the 6-inch-long cylindrical clusters of orange flowers with yellow styles - have seen this flower listed as having a nice fragrance but we don't seem to be able to smell much ourselves.

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. 

The information about Grevillea 'Little Honey' PP18,489 displayed on this web page is based on our research conducted in the nursery's horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We also include 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 we receive from others and welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they can share cultural information that would aid others in growing this plant.

 
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