Grevillea 'Peaches and Cream'

Infobox Cultivar | name = "Grevillea" 'Peaches and Cream'

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = 'Peaches and Cream' in flower,
Oakdale, NSW
hybrid = "Grevillea banksii" × "Grevillea bipinnatifida"
cultivar = 'Peaches and Cream'
origin = Selected in Queensland

"Grevillea" 'Peaches and Cream' is new and much sought after grevillea cultivar which has been recently released in Australia.

It is a shrub that grows to 1.2 by 1.5 metres (4-5 ft) in height and width and has bright green attractive deeply divided leaves, around convert|11.7|cm|in|sigfig=2 long by convert|6.4|cm|in|sigfig=2 in width. The foliage takes on a bronze sheen in winter. The inflorescences are about convert|15|cm|in|sigfig=2 long by convert|9|cm|in|sigfig=2 wide and open yellow initially but later add various shades of pink and orange. [cite journal | last = McCarthy | first = Norm | title = A New Garden of Grevillea in Toowoomba | journal = Grevillea Study Group Newsletter | volume = | issue = 74 | pages = 14 | publisher = ASGAP | date = 2006 | url = http://asgap.org.au/ASGAP/grev66.pdf | id = ISSN 0725-8755 | accessdate = 2007-05-22] cite web| author = Cox D, Glazebrook J| title = Peaches & Cream: a Grevillea cultivar - US Patent| work = FreePatentsOnline| publisher = Freepatentsonline| date = 6th January 2006| url = http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20060117430.html| accessdate =2008-03-08]

The cultivar is a cross between a white-flowered form of the Queensland species "Grevillea banksii", and "G. bipinnatifida" from Western Australia, and was selected from a plant which arose in a garden in Burpengary, a northern suburb of Brisbane, in 1997. It was watched and propagated by Queensland horticulturists and SGAP members Dennis Cox and Janice Glazebrook, finally being patented in 2006.

It is of the same parentage as 'Superb' and 'Robyn Gordon' and has similar prolific and sustained flowering. "Grevillea" 'Superb' has a deeper orange coloration in the flowers, while "G." 'Robyn Gordon' is red.

Its small size lends itself to use in a small garden, and it is bird attracting. [cite web| last = Stewart| first = Angus| authorlink = Angus Stewart| title = Gardening Australia Fact Sheet: The Home Garden | work = Gardening Australia Website | publisher = Australian Broadcasting Corporation| date = 8th September 2007| url = http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s2027109.htm
accessdate =2008-03-07] It tolerant of a wide range of conditions, including humidity as well as drought, and frost down to convert|-5|°C|°F|sigfig=2.

Although not yet recorded, the cultivar is very similar to several cultivars which have been known to cause allergic contact dermatitis for certain individuals who come into contact with it, so caution is advised.

ee also

*List of Grevillea cultivars

References

External links

* [http://www.anbg.gov.au/acra/descriptions/acc001.html Australian Cultivar Registration Authority: "Grevillea" 'Robyn Gordon']