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Overview
Grevillea 'Elegance' is a delightful medium to large size shrub with a weeping habit and finely divided dark green leaves.
It produces masses of vibrant red and orange, bird attracting flowers over winter and spring.
A highly ornamental Grevillea, it can be used as a feature or as part of a garden border.
Soil: They grow best in all well drained soils.
In areas where the soil is mainly clay, creation of raised beds with the addition of gypsum to the soil should help the drainage and increase the chances of growing Grevillea.
Responds well to mulching and occasional deep watering in dry conditions.
Maintenance: A light pruning now and again to keep it neat will assist in producing a tighter shape.
Diseases: Borers - If a limb is looking stressed and there is sawdust around an entrance hole - your probably have borer.
Grevillea Leaf Miner - can lead to premature leaf drop
Cottony cushion scale - produce honeydew that promotes sooty mold that not only looks unsightly but affects the leaf's ability to photosynthesize.
Leaf Spot Fungus - is not a huge problem but is always worst in warm, humid conditions.
Painted Apple Moth - chews the leaves -
Dieback Phytophthora - A soil fungus that invades the roots and starves them of food and water.
Other Species: There are about 250 species of Grevillea of which most are found in Australia. 135 species originate in South-Western Australia , 70 in South-Eastern Australia 45 in the tropics and 25 species in semi arid or arid areas. Many species that grow well in WA do not grow so well in the wetter, more humid areas of the Eastern States.
Comments: A cross between Grevillea longistyla and Grevillea johnsonii
Author: Bob Saunders.