Plant in full sun in well-drained soil in a warm site; sensitive to temperatures below 25° F. An attractive soft foliaged Grevillea that can be used near pathways and other locations where its attractive flowers and foliage can be admired and touched.

This plant is endemic to a small area in the winter wet and summer hot and dry area east of Geraldton in Western Australia. 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 and the specific epithet is from the Latin word 'filum' meaning "a thread" and 'lobus' meaning "a lobe" in reference to the fine dissected foliage.

Grevillea fililoba was previously described as a subspecies of Grevillea thelemanniana (G. thelemanniana ssp. fililoba) but was more recently been elevated to species level. We have grown this plant since 1989 but previously listed it as under its older name. We also grow what is now considered to be the real Grevillea thelemanniana, which we list asGrevillea thelemanniana 'Baby'. 

This information about Grevillea fililoba displayed is based on research conducted in our horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We also will relate observations made about it as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments that we receive from others and we welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they can share any cultural information that would aid others in growing it.