This variable shrub may have a lignotuber and slender silky branches and form a spreading or erect bushy habit. It has leathery dark green linear leaves and the bright pink tube-shaped flowers appear in a small cluster from winter to summer. 

Hardiness zones 9 to 10

Grevillea sphacelata is naturally found in coastal Australia in New South Wales from Port Jackson to Mittagong and extending to Huskisson in the south. It appears in heath or dry sclerophyll forests and in shrubland. 

It prefers a open to exposed sunny position and grows in very well drained poor to moderately fertile sandy-stony to heavy clay loam that is tending acidic and has reliable sub-soil moisture. It is drought, salt laden wind and frost tolerant and regenerates from seed or lignotuber after fire.

The Grey Spider Flower is grown for its flowers, bronze new growth and its bushy habit. It is planted in small or native gardens as a specimen or along borders for screening. It is rarely cultivated but is grown in botanical collections or used in revegetation programs. It is suitable for coastal and inland regions and establishes in 2-3 years and is moderately long lived. It may be difficult to obtain requiring a specialised nursery. ID 3159

Grevillea (gre-VIL-ee-a) sphacelata (spass-el-LAH-tuh)

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