Common name
Lavender Grevillea
Position
Full sun
Flower shape and colour
Clustered spider shaped, Pink
Form
Medium Shrub (Usually between 1.2m & 3.6m)
Suitability for landscaping
A highly ornamental but hardy foliage plant. Plant singly for contrast as a foreground plant in borders, verges, nature strips and roundabouts or grouped as an informal hedge or barrier. Suitable for parks, reserves and roadside plantings. Responds to pruning. Attracts native birds and insects. A variable species with different forms and habits. Can cause skin irritations. (Botanic Gardens of South Australia | Grevillea lavandulacea)
Compact forms make excellent rockery or container plants, others mix well wth shrubs (Wrigley, Fagg 2012, p. 354)
Propagation
From cuttings (Wrigley, Fagg 2012, p. 354)
Cultivation
Hardy in well-drained soils (Wrigley, Fagg 2012, p. 354)
References | acknowledgements
- Atlas of living Australia 2025, Grevillea lavandulacea. Provides information about the spread of the species of Grevillea lavandulacea ssp. lavandulacea shrub across South Australia and other parts of Australia.
- Botanic Gardens of South Australia 2025, Grevillea lavandulacea | Lavender Grevillea (Mt Lofty Ranges Form). Provides information about the plant features and uses of the Native shrub: Grevillea lavandulacea.
- Seeds of South Australia 2025, Grevillea lavandulacea ssp. lavandulacea (Proteaceae) | Heath Grevillea. Provides information about the distribution, plant characteristics, as well as seed collection and viability.
- warren cameron 2022, Spider-flower Grevillea (Grevillea lavandulacea ssp. lavandulacea). This link contains the image and information surrounding the ownership and quality of the image.