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Grevillea 'Pink Parfait'

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Helpful articles

Ground covers.

Stone Gabion fencing and retaining walls. Gabion is a wire basket or wire form, filled with stones and shaped into a fence or retaining wall type structure. Read this article to learn more.

External privacy screens. External privacy screens began to appear in Australian residential and commercial building during the 1950's and 1960's, as a direct result of high density living and higher incomes. For more information and some examples read this article.

Combating too much rain - 8 top tips
. Tips for the gardener on how to cope with lots of rain.

Plant description

Grevillea 'Pink Parfait' is a fast growing shrub with lovely rosy pink brush flowers, and deeply divided dark green leaves with a silvery sheen. It grows to around 3 metres tall and wide, and is a hardy, easy care plant. It flowers for most of the year, and is good food plant for nectar loving birds. Can be used for informal hedges and screens, or as a feature plant. Likes full sun and well drained soil best, and can take light frosts.

 

Further reading: Grevilleas and Grevilleas for cold climates (articles written by native plant expert Angus Stewart).

Additional plant information

Flowers

Flower colour: pink
Flowering season: spring summer autumn winter

Plant size

Maximum height: 4 metres
Minimum height: 3 metres

Maximum width: 3 metres
Minimum width: 2 metres

Sunlight, frost & salt tolerance

This plant will tolerate full or partial sunlight.
Medium frost tolerance.
Plant is not salt tolerant.

Fauna attracting?

Yes. Attracts: birds.

Climate

This plant species will grow in the following climates: temperate, subtropical, tropical.

Soil types & conditions

Loam: well-drained.

Clay: well-drained.

Sand: well-drained.

Miscellaneous information

Native to: Australia.

Planting season: Any.

Types of fertiliser: Good native fertiliser.

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