{"product_id":"grevillea-peaches-and-cream-grevillea-peaches-and-cream","title":"Grevillea Peaches and Cream","description":"\u003cp\u003eGrevillea Peaches and Cream earns its name from flower heads that never settle on a single colour. The large brush shaped heads blend soft yellow, cream, apricot and pink, and the balance shifts as each head ages, so a bush in full flower carries several shades at once rather than one solid block. Against bright green, deeply divided leaves, which take on a bronze tint in winter, the effect is gentler than the reds and oranges that dominate most native beds, and it pairs well with silver foliage, white flowered shrubs and mauve groundcovers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike Superb, it comes from a white flowered form of Grevillea banksii crossed with Grevillea bipinnatifida; Robyn Gordon came from the same two species but the red flowered form of banksii. It makes a medium, rounded shrub, broader than high once settled. It flowers in long flushes rather than a single short season. That long season, and the generous nectar in each head, makes it one of the more useful grevilleas for honeyeaters in a suburban garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRoom to spread, and where it struggles\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlant it where it has elbow room on every side: the middle of a mixed native bed, a corner of the front garden, or a row of three or four as a loose, flowering informal hedge along a fence. Full sun and free drainage are the two conditions it will not do without. On sandy coastal soils it is easy. On clay, mound the bed well above the surrounding level and keep irrigation off it once established, because large flowered hybrids collapse quickly when their roots sit wet through a humid summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCold matters less than many expect. Once established it handles light to moderate frost, reported at around minus 3 to minus 5 degrees, so it does well on the coast from Brisbane to Melbourne, around Perth and in Adelaide. In colder inland districts a young plant is the risk: plant in spring, choose a spot sheltered by a wall or eaves, and throw frost cloth over it on clear, still nights for the first winter or two.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePruning, feeding and a word about skin\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobyn Gordon is notorious for causing contact dermatitis in some people. A rash has not been formally recorded for Peaches and Cream, but the two share their parent species, so treat this plant the same way: gloves and long sleeves for pruning, and a wash afterwards. Prune after the main flush, cutting each stem back behind the faded heads to a point where leaves remain below the cut. A plant trimmed every year stays dense to the ground, while one left alone for several years turns woody and is hard to bring back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeeding is optional. A slow release fertiliser made for natives, applied in early spring, is enough. Products made for roses, citrus and lawns carry phosphorus at levels that damage grevillea roots, and so do most manures. Soak it once a week until the first summer is over; from the second year it should need the hose only in a drought. Keep mulch a hand's width clear of the stem so the collar stays dry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePeaches and Cream or one of its neighbours\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo siblings look similar on paper. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/superb-grevillea-grevillea-bipinnatifida-x-banksii-alba-superb\"\u003eSuperb Grevillea\u003c\/a\u003e has heads of much the same size and shape but warmer colouring, apricot and orange pink over a yellow base, and it reads more strongly from across the garden. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/grevillea-coconut-ice\"\u003eGrevillea Coconut Ice\u003c\/a\u003e leans towards deep pink. Peaches and Cream is the palest and most blended of the three, which is why it suits a softer planting scheme or a garden seen up close, beside a deck or a front path. For white and mauve companions that want the same sun and drainage, browse \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/flowering\"\u003eFlowering Plants\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 300mm, at $159.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/grevillea-and-bird-attracting-plants\"\u003eplanting for birds\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"300mm","offer_id":67671032791409,"sku":null,"price":159.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/grevillea-peaches-and-cream-grevillea-peaches-and-cream.jpg?v=1791517881","url":"https:\/\/plantdrop.com.au\/products\/grevillea-peaches-and-cream-grevillea-peaches-and-cream","provider":"Plant Drop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}