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Products > Grevillea 'Austraflora Fanfare'   Grevillea 'Austraflora Fanfare' Note: This plant is not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.   [2nd Image] Habit and Cultural Information Category: Shrub Family: Proteaceae (Proteas) Origin: Australia (Australasia) Evergreen: Yes Flower Color: Red Bloomtime: Spring/Fall Synonyms: [G. 'Fanfare'] Parentage: (G. gaudichaudii x G. longifolia) Height: <1 foot Width: 10-15 feet Exposure: Sun or Shade Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs Winter Hardiness: 20-25° F Grevillea 'Austraflora Fanfare' - A low growing densely spreading evergreen groundcover shrub to under 1 foot tall by up to 15 feet wide. Its 7 inch long leaves, very coarsely cut in a saw tooth pattern, are a good foil to the brush-like clusters of dark red flowers that emerge from silky buds from later winter through late fall. Good in full sun to moderate shade. Plant in a well-drained soil and irrigate occasionally to very little during summer - quite drought tolerant once established . Hardy and evergreen to 25°F and root hardy and rebounding after temperatures down to around 20°F. This plant is a great tough groundcover that can smoother weeds and is resistant to predation by deer, rabbits and even gophers but is attractive to hummingbirds, pollinators and beneficial insects. Flowers and foliage are useful in flower arrangements. This plant is thought to be a hybrid between Grevillea gaudichaudii and Grevillea longifolia. It arose as a spontaneous seedling in the garden of Dr. Ann Warren of Warrandyte, Victoria. It is sometimes listed as synonymous with the Leon Hodge Poorinda hybrids 'Poorinda Royal Carpet' and 'Poorinda Royal Mantle' but the Australian Cultivar Registration Authority considers them different and notes that both 'Poorinda Royal Carpet' and 'Poorinda Royal Mantle' have dark pink styles and both entire and lobed leaves, 'Austraflora Fanfare' only dusky pink styles and only lobed leaves that are wider than those the two Poorinda hybrids.In Australia this plant is generally listed just as 'Fanfare' but since it was originally introduced in the US market as 'Austraflora Fanfare' we have retained this name. We grew this plant from 2002 to 2006 and only discontinued it because of production problems within our own nursery with no fault of the plant itself and we have long considered growing it again. Our plants from the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum.  The information on this page is based on the research that we have conducted about this plant in the San Marcos Growers library, from what we have found on reliable online sources, as well as from observations made of our crops of this plant growing in the nursery and of plants growing in the nursery's garden and those in other gardens where we may have observed it. We also have incorporated comments received from others and welcome getting feedback from those who may have additional information, particularly if this information includes cultural information that would aid others in growing Grevillea 'Austraflora Fanfare'.     [MORE INFO]