This variable small shrub has a woody stem with a lignotuber and many reddish branches that form a compact rounded habit. It has prickly grey green lobed leaves and the creamy-white curly tube-shaped flowers appear in a raceme from winter to spring.

Hardiness zones 9 to 10

Grevillea synapheaeis naturally found in south-west Western Australia on the Darling Ranges near and north of Perth growing in tall sclerophyll shrubland and eucalypt woodlands.

It prefers an open to exposed sunny position with a Mediterranean climate and grows in very well drained moderately fertile sandy-stony to gravelly soils and sandy loam or clay. It is frost and drought tolerant and regenerates from a lignotuber after fire.

The Catkin Grevillea is grown for its spreading habit and its prolific flower display. It is planted in small native gardens as a specimen in rockeries or garden beds and is used as a spill-over or ground cover. It is suitable coastal and inland regions and establishes in 2-3 years and is moderately long lived. This shrub is commonly cultivated as a bird refuge and is grown in pots and planter boxes and tolerates humid summers. ID 3733

Grevillea (gre-VIL-ee-a) synapheae(sy-NAF-ee-ee)

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