Grevillea rivularis, commonly known as the Carrington Falls Grevillea, is a beautiful and very rare Australian native shrub with delicate cream, pearly pink to mauve-pink toothbrush flowers and distinctive finely divided, prickly foliage. The flowers have long pale mauve-pink styles tipped with green, giving them a particularly graceful appearance.
Native to New South Wales, this remarkable Grevillea has an extremely restricted natural distribution and is known only from the Carrington Falls area of Budderoo National Park, where it occurs mainly along moist creek-sides on sandstone in heath and eucalypt woodland. It is currently listed as Critically Endangered in NSW and under Commonwealth legislation, making it an especially interesting species for collectors and Australian native plant enthusiasts.
Botanical name: Grevillea rivularis
Common name: Carrington Falls Grevillea
Family: Proteaceae
Habit: Dense, spreading evergreen shrub
Height: Approximately 2–2.5 metres
Width: Can reach 3 metres or more
Flowers: Cream to pearly pink, mauve and purplish-pink toothbrush flowers
Flowering: Mainly spring through autumn
Foliage: Stiff, intricately divided green leaves with narrow, sharp-pointed lobes
Wildlife: Nectar-rich flowers are attractive to native birds and pollinating insects.
Grevillea rivularis naturally grows in moist sandstone creek-side environments, so it appreciates a position where it receives adequate moisture while still having good drainage. It can be grown in sun to part shade and makes an attractive dense shrub when given room to spread.
Regular light pruning will help maintain a bushy shape. Its naturally dense and somewhat prickly growth also provides excellent shelter for small native birds.
As with most Grevilleas, avoid high-phosphorus fertilisers. If feeding is necessary, use a low-phosphorus fertiliser formulated for Australian native plants.
Carrington Falls Grevillea is particularly suited to native gardens, wildlife gardens, informal screens and larger garden beds. Its dense prickly foliage can provide valuable bird refuge, while the unusual mauve-pink flowers add colour for an extended period.
It is also an excellent choice for the native plant collector, particularly because of its rarity and extraordinarily restricted natural distribution.
This is much more than an attractive Grevillea. Growing Grevillea rivularis provides an opportunity to appreciate one of Australia's genuinely rare native plants. In the wild, its known natural population is confined to the Carrington Falls area on the upper Kangaroo River.
Grevillea rivularis, commonly known as the Carrington Falls Grevillea, is a beautiful and very rare Australian native shrub with delicate cream, pearly pink to mauve-pink toothbrush flowers and distinctive finely divided, prickly foliage. The flowers have long pale mauve-pink styles tipped with green, giving them a particularly graceful appearance.
Native to New South Wales, this remarkable Grevillea has an extremely restricted natural distribution and is known only from the Carrington Falls area of Budderoo National Park, where it occurs mainly along moist creek-sides on sandstone in heath and eucalypt woodland. It is currently listed as Critically Endangered in NSW and under Commonwealth legislation, making it an especially interesting species for collectors and Australian native plant enthusiasts.
Botanical name: Grevillea rivularis
Common name: Carrington Falls Grevillea
Family: Proteaceae
Habit: Dense, spreading evergreen shrub
Height: Approximately 2–2.5 metres
Width: Can reach 3 metres or more
Flowers: Cream to pearly pink, mauve and purplish-pink toothbrush flowers
Flowering: Mainly spring through autumn
Foliage: Stiff, intricately divided green leaves with narrow, sharp-pointed lobes
Wildlife: Nectar-rich flowers are attractive to native birds and pollinating insects.
Grevillea rivularis naturally grows in moist sandstone creek-side environments, so it appreciates a position where it receives adequate moisture while still having good drainage. It can be grown in sun to part shade and makes an attractive dense shrub when given room to spread.
Regular light pruning will help maintain a bushy shape. Its naturally dense and somewhat prickly growth also provides excellent shelter for small native birds.
As with most Grevilleas, avoid high-phosphorus fertilisers. If feeding is necessary, use a low-phosphorus fertiliser formulated for Australian native plants.
Carrington Falls Grevillea is particularly suited to native gardens, wildlife gardens, informal screens and larger garden beds. Its dense prickly foliage can provide valuable bird refuge, while the unusual mauve-pink flowers add colour for an extended period.
It is also an excellent choice for the native plant collector, particularly because of its rarity and extraordinarily restricted natural distribution.
This is much more than an attractive Grevillea. Growing Grevillea rivularis provides an opportunity to appreciate one of Australia's genuinely rare native plants. In the wild, its known natural population is confined to the Carrington Falls area on the upper Kangaroo River.
