Comments on: Grevillea Robusta, an alternative way to grow.

By: admin

admin — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 10:33:19 +0000

Hi Suzy I’d very interested to hear how you go pruning a mature robusta into a bush. I’ve seen some growing under powerlines that were pruned quite hard and as a consequence had low arching branches.

By: Suzy H at Garden Galah Plant Nursery

Suzy H at Garden Galah Plant Nursery — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 01:17:10 +0000

Hi, I have really enjoyed reading all your Grevillea news and especially about Grevillea Robusta. We have 2 mature specimens both self sown. One is an upright beauty, the other my son has been pruning into a bush over the last 2 years. He was thinking he had made a mistake by pruning this tree because it is looking rather straggly and out of shape but after reading your article I am going to suggest to him to prune it even harder, to encourage it to grow into a bush with flowers low down so you can see them as suggested. I beleive these trees are well wroth a place in the garden, although we do have a very large garden around our Online Nursery here at gardengalah.com.au We have quite a few different varieties of Grevillea and I have just started to take some cuttings with varying sucess. Any help or advice would be gratefully received.

By: Elder Catalan

Elder Catalan — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 02:57:32 +0000

Me podrian decir entonces como podar un gravillea mas o menos de 4 metros de alto para que su fallaje sea mas denso

By: Rebel Gardener

Rebel Gardener — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:14:12 +0000

Hi Matt, thanks for the comment. I was at my sisters house in the country on the weekend which is very frost prone. She has two in her front garden. One has lost a lot of leaves while the other has lost hardly any. I reckon there’s a really case for selective breeding of these trees such as by cuttings to breed superior trees. When you find a good specimen they look so fantastic, especially when in flower.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:49:16 +0000

I’ve experienced absolutely the same results on frost-pruned robustas I’ve had growing in USDA zone 7b. Winter cold would knock the top branches back and every spring they would re-shoot to a more and more densely growing shrub-form.