Grevillea lanigera.
We have grown this plant since 1993 and received it under the name "Prostate". In the Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants by Rodger Elliot and David Jones, it is noted that this plant is also called Grevillea lanigera 'Compacta' and Grevillea lanigera 'Mt. Tamboritha' and it seems that all of these names can be found in the California nursery trade. The name 'Mt. Tamboritha' would imply that the plant came from this mountain within Alpine National Park in south Victoria, but Elliot and Jones contend that it more likely was a selection from one of the naturally more prostrate coastal forms and because of this, and because it is the name we first received this plant as, we have stuck with name 'Prostrate Form'. It also very much resembles a plant sold in the California nursery trade under the name 'Jade Mound'. We also grow the even lower growing Grevillea lanigera 'Coastal Gem',that was a 2001 University of California Santa Cruz Arboretum Koala Blooms Introduction.
The information about Grevillea lanigera 'Prostrate' that is displayed on this web page is based on research conducted in our nursery's horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We will also include observations made about this plant as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens that we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We also incorporate comments that we receive from others and welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they share cultural information that aids others growing this plant.
Please note that after 46 years in business, San Marcos Growers will be discontinuing nursery operations by the end of 2025 and the property will be developed for affordable housing.