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Grevillea lanigera (Woolly Grevillea) - An attractive dense shrub to 4 to 5 feet tall and equally wide, buteasily kept smaller. It has small and narrow, rounded gray green slightly hairy leaves and brilliant flower displays from late winter into early spring composed of a bright salmon perianth with a curving, cream-colored style.
Performs best in full sun to partial shade in a well-draining, moist to dry soil, surviving short periods of drought. Highly attractive to butterflies. Hardy to moderate frosts and has survived cold winter nights with short duration temperatures down to 18-20° F.
Grevillea lanigera has a wide distribution from the northern tablelands north of Sydney in New South Wales south to Wilson's Promontory in Victoria. The genus is named after Charles Francis Greville (1749-1809), co-founder of London Horticultural Society. The specific epithet "lanigera" comes from the Latin word 'lana' (wool) and 'gerus' (bearing) referring to woolly leaves.
A great durable plant in California gardens that has long been considered to be one of the most durable of all Grevillea species. We started growing in 1988 but in 2011 we have moved on to only grow the selected low growing forms of it, Grevillea lanigera 'Coastal Gem' and Grevillea lanigera 'Prostrate' (AKA 'Mt Tamborintha') and have not produced or sold this plant since 2012.
The information about Grevillea lanigera that is displayed on this web page is based on research conducted in our nursery's horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We will also include observations made about this plant as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens that we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We also incorporate comments that we receive from others and welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they share cultural information that aids others growing this plant.
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