A compact shrub growing to 1–2 metres high and wide with attractive green lobed leaves (similar to the cultivar 'Robyn Gordon'), its main horticultural feature is its flowering for 12 months of the year in warmer climates, such as Sydney and Queensland. The inflorescences are around 15 cm long by 9 cm wide and contain shades of orange, red and yellow.[1]
Cultivationedit
It has been very popular in Australian gardens since the 1990s, and widely planted in public spaces as well, though now there is an interest in ever smaller garden plants. The plant produces nectar and attracts both birds and bees. It likes a sunny, well drained position, will tolerate moderate frosts and grows well in a tub. Avoid using fertilisers that are high in phosphorus.[2]
Grevilleas, including this cultivar, can be pruned by up to one third in early spring.[3] This cultivar can be propagated fairly easily from cuttings.[4]
Toxicologyedit
Along with a number of other grevilleas, this cultivar may cause allergic contact dermatitis for certain individuals who come into contact with it.
grevillea, superb, widely, grown, grevillea, cultivar, bred, merv, hodge, queensland, hybrid, white, flowered, grevillea, banksii, from, queensland, western, australian, plant, bipinnatifida, genusgrevilleahybrid, parentagegrevillea, banksii, grevillea, bipinn. Grevillea Superb is a widely grown grevillea cultivar bred by Merv Hodge in Queensland It is a hybrid of a white flowered Grevillea banksii from Queensland and the Western Australian plant G bipinnatifida 1 Grevillea Superb GenusGrevilleaHybrid parentageGrevillea banksii Grevillea bipinnatifidaCultivar Superb OriginBred by Merv Hodge of Moorooka Queensland Contents 1 Description 2 Cultivation 3 Toxicology 4 In the Public Eye 5 See also 6 ReferencesDescription editA compact shrub growing to 1 2 metres high and wide with attractive green lobed leaves similar to the cultivar Robyn Gordon its main horticultural feature is its flowering for 12 months of the year in warmer climates such as Sydney and Queensland The inflorescences are around 15 cm long by 9 cm wide and contain shades of orange red and yellow 1 Cultivation editIt has been very popular in Australian gardens since the 1990s and widely planted in public spaces as well though now there is an interest in ever smaller garden plants The plant produces nectar and attracts both birds and bees It likes a sunny well drained position will tolerate moderate frosts and grows well in a tub Avoid using fertilisers that are high in phosphorus 2 Grevilleas including this cultivar can be pruned by up to one third in early spring 3 This cultivar can be propagated fairly easily from cuttings 4 Toxicology editAlong with a number of other grevilleas this cultivar may cause allergic contact dermatitis for certain individuals who come into contact with it In the Public Eye editIn 2003 Australia Post issued a 50c stamp depicting the cultivar 5 See also editList of Grevillea cultivarsReferences edit a b Australian Cultivar Registration Authority Grevillea Superb Gardening Australia factsheet Grevillea Superb Don s Baker s Dozen 13 Best Grevilleas Archived 27 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine Burke s Backyard Grevillea Superb Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants Australian National Botanic Gardens Flora Stamps Grevillea Superb nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Grevillea Superb nbsp This Proteaceae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Australian eudicot article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Grevillea 27Superb 27 amp oldid 1013481020, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
