Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

Description:
Photographer:

Description: Grevillea 'Thorny Devil', Taken: 15 January 2019, [HERBARIUM SPECIMEN] ACRA NO: Acc 1259 Copyright : Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR) holds copyright
Photographer: Palmer, R.

Grevillea 'Thorny Devil'

File Number

1259

ACRA Field Book Number

1259

Registration Date

16/11/2010

Application Received

01/11/2007

Family

Proteaceae

Cultivar Name

Grevillea 'Thorny Devil'

Origin

Manipulated hybrid - Grevillea nana ssp nana (female parent) and G. tenuiloba (male parent)

Characteristics

Groundcover Size: 0.2m H x 1-2m W Flower colour:Orange Flower size: 35mm; conflorescence 100mm Flowering time: Jul-Nov Distinguished from G. nana ssp nana by its smaller leaves with more numerous closely aligned pinnae and its pinky orange flowers. Distinguished from G. tenuiloba by its coarser leaves, denser prostrate habit and pink-orange flowers Comparators: G. nana ssp nana, G. tenuiloba Habit/description: Frost hardiness: High In cultivation since: 1996 Where has it been tested? Victoria and NSW

Cultivation

Grows best in well drained soils. Best in a sunny site but will tolerate some shade. It responds well to light pruning and is drought tolerant and frost hardy

Publication

Hort Journal Australia March 2023 Vol 15 Issue 8 P.40; RHS Cultivar Registration Bulletin 2 (2022), p36;

Colour Coding

Colour Coding RHS 1995: Flower - style: 168A – 168C; Leaves upper surface: 138A

Propagation

Cuttings from semi-firm new growth

Applicant Name

Neil R Marriott

Uses

As part of a mass planting or mixed in a shrubbery, or as a spectacular feature plant. Attracts nectar feeding birds.

Availability

Specialist native plant nurseries

ANBG Accession Numbers

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NSL ID

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