Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

Description:
Photographer: Neil Marriott

Description: Close up leaves
Photographer: Neil Marriott

Description: Grevillea 'Purple Prowler', Taken: 24 January 2019, [HERBARIUM SPECIMEN] Copyright : Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR) holds copyright
Photographer: Palmer, R.

Grevillea 'Purple Prowler'

File Number

1749

ACRA Field Book Number

1627

Registration Date

10/04/2023

Application Received

09/04/2018

Family

Proteaceae

Cultivar Name

Grevillea 'Purple Prowler'

Origin

Self-sown garden seedling in owner’s property at Kardella, south Gippsland, Victoria.

Characteristics

Vigorous bushy shrub to c 1m x 3-4m. Flowers:terminal dark red toothbrush type, Spring to early Summer. Possibly a hybrid between Grevillea scortechini and G. acanthifolia or G. rivularis.

Cultivation

Suitable for well drained soils. Best in a sunny site but will tolerate some shade. Frost resistant to -6C. Responds well to pruning.

Publication

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Colour Coding

RHS Colour Chart 1995: Perianth Red-Purple Group ca 70A, Style:Greyed-Purple Group ca 187A; Leaves Green Group 136A

Propagation

Cuttings from semi-firm new growth

Applicant Name

Robert Brown, Nicholson, Victoria

Uses

Groundcover suitable for mass planting or mixed in a shrubbery, bird attractant

Availability

Specialist native plant nurseries

ANBG Accession Numbers

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NSL ID

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