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Grevillea 'Little Honey' PP18,489 - A medium to large sized shrub that grows 6 to 8 feet in height and is wider than tall with 8 inch long narrowly dissected leaves that are medium green above and creamy-silvery underneath. From winter through spring appear the 6-inch-long cylindrical clusters of orange flowers with yellow styles - have seen this flower listed as having a nice fragrance but we don't seem to be able to smell much ourselves.
Plant in full to partial sun in a well-drained soil and water occasionally – should prove drought tolerant once established. Hardy to around 20° F (breeder reports tolerating to 19.4° F). A great plant for use as a hedge or screen that has proven itself in inland San Diego county plantings where it has been grown for cut flower use.
The genus name Grevillea honors Charles Francis Greville (1749-1809), a patron of botany, a very close friend of Sir Joseph Banks, and president of the Royal Society of London.
Grevillea 'Little Honey' was a spontaneous seedling hybrid that arose in a Burpengary, QLD garden bed of Dennis Cox and Janice Glazebrook in 1990. The seedling came up in this garden near a plant of Grevillea 'Honey Gem' and Grevillea banksii "White Dwarf" and these two plants are the presumed parents. Grevillea 'Honey Gem' (a hybrid between Grevillea banksii and Grevillea pteridifolia) is a very large plant with orange flowers and broader leaves while the Grevillea banksii is a low sprawling plant with cream colored flowers and grey-green hairy lobed leaves. This plant was selected because of its smaller growth form and profuse flowering. It received US Plant Patent PP18,489 in February 2008 and was first grown in California as a cut flower and later was a 2013 release in the U.S. nursery trade by Ball Horticulture. Nice plant but we have so many other nice Grevillea so we decided not to continue with this plant.
The information displayed on this page about Grevillea 'Little Honey' PP18,489 is based on our research conducted about this plant from books in our nursery library as well as from information that is provided by reliable online resources. We also have included our own observations made about it as it grew in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers when we had them in our nursery field. We also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.
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