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How big does Grevillea get?

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Sarah Cherry

Published Feb 14, 2026

How big does Grevillea get?

Grevillea

genus nameGrevillea
plant typeShrub
height3 to 8 feet 8 to 20 feet 20 feet or more
width4 to 20 feet wide
flower colorRed Orange White Pink Yellow

Are Grevilleas fast growing?

Grevillea is very fast growing and can live 50 to 65 years. This evergreen has a rugged look. It can grow to be over 100 feet (30 m.) tall, but most mature trees are around 50 to 80 feet (15-24 m.)

What is the hardiest Grevillea?

Rosemary grevillea ‘Grevillea rosmarinifolia’ Comment This species has proven to be one of the toughest and most adaptable grevilleas for garden usage. Flower colour can vary from lemon-green to red to pink with cream highlights.

What are the best Grevilleas?

14 of the best grevillea varieties to grow

  • Grevillea ‘Superb’ If you want to make a bold statement, Grevillea ‘Superb’ is the plant to choose.
  • Grevillea ‘Elegance’
  • Grevillea semperflorens.
  • Grevillea intricata.
  • Grevillea ‘Honeybird Yellow’
  • Grevillea ‘Lana Maree’
  • Grevillea ‘Peaches and Cream’
  • Grevillea ‘Golden Lyre’

How long do grevilleas live for?

Many of the small trees we love in our gardens are not long lived trees – the grevilleas and acacias are a case in point. Ten to fifteen years is a typical life span for acacias and maybe 20 or so for some of the grevilleas.

What are the tallest grevilleas?

silky oak
The tallest is the silky oak (G. robusta), which is a tree that produces large golden flowers in spring, but many are low, groundcover forms. ‘Poorinda Royal Mantle’ is one of the best known of all groundcovers.

How long do Grevilleas live for?

Do Grevilleas attract birds?

The bird attracting plants Grevilleas are great bird plants. They’re nectar-bearing, so that means they attract the nectar-feeding birds, like wattle birds, but they also carry seeds and that means they bring in the seed-eaters, such as cockatoos.

What plants go well with grevilleas?

Grevillea Companions Yellow buttons, grass trees, kangaroo paw, lillypilly, native daisy, pimelia, flame pea, grafted flowering gums, Banksia ‘Birthday Candles’ and Acacia ‘Greenmist’.

Do grevilleas like wet feet?

All Grevilleas love full sun and because they don’t like wet feet they will adore a slopping or raised garden bed. Dry conditions and long periods without rain will not trouble them and a good water once a week when they are established will be sufficient.

Do grevilleas flower in summer?

Grevilleas are very easy to grow and are ideal in a dry “water wise” garden. Most of them flower from Winter to Spring but some will give you blooms all year round. All Grevilleas love full sun and because they don’t like wet feet they will adore a slopping or raised garden bed.

Do grevilleas attract birds?

What does Grevillea Scarlet sprite look like?

Grevillea ‘Scarlet Sprite’ – A mounding, compact shrub to 4 to 5 feet tall by a bit wider with closely set soft-textured green needle-like leaves. The rose-pink and cream colored flowers are showy during the winter and spring but can often have some flowers present year-round.

How tall do Grevillea shrubs grow?

Grevillea ‘Scarlet Sprite’ – A mounding, compact shrub to 4 to 5 feet tall by a bit wider with closely set soft-textured green needle-like leaves.

What kind of plant is a scarlet sprite?

‘Scarlet Sprite’ was long thought to be a selection of Grevillea rosmarinifolia and was how it was listed in Rodger Elliot and David Jones Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants where it was noted that it has also been called ‘Pryor’s Hybrid’ and had originally been named ‘Wyalong Wonder’.

What is the difference between Grevillea inflorescence and rosmarinifolia?

It is a form of Grevillea rosmarinifolia. It has mid green narrow and stiff-prickly linear leaves, to about 3 cm long by only 0.1 cm wide. A grevillea inflorescence is technically a cluster of paired flowers, termed a conflorescence with the overall structure forming a raceme-like appearance.