This shrub is upright with spreading branches that form a dense rounded habit. It has dark green elliptical leaves that are greyish on the underside and the bright rusty-red cup-shaped flowers appear in pendant clusters from spring to summer. 

Hardiness zones 8 to 10 

Grevillea diminuta is naturally found in Australia growing in the sub-alpine regions of the Brindabella Range in the ACT and New South Wales appearing in gullies or on slopes in woodlands.

It grows in sandy-gravelly to clay loams that are well drained in an open to protected position and is frost, snow and drought tolerant.

The Small Royal Grevillea is grown for its low spreading habit and its pendant flowers. It is planted in small gardens as a specimen or ground cover and planted in bushland settings under trees. It is suitable for costal and inland regions establishing in 2 to 3 years and is long lived. It is also planted in an alpine gardens and is very bird attracting. ID 2470

Grevillea (gre-VIL-ee-a) diminuta (dee-min-YOO-tah)

Proteaceae (pro-tee-AY-see-ee)
Protea Family