Northern Beaches FloraBaby Sun Rose Blowfly Grass (Briza maxima) Bottlebrushes Coastal Morning Glory (Ipomoea indica) Cyathea cooperi Grevillea ‘Peaches and Cream’ Grevillea Poorinda Royal Mantle Native Violet Norfolk Pine Ochna Pigface Ribwort Plantain (Plantago lanceolata) Scurvy Weed Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare) Spiny-headed Mat-rush

Grevillea cv “Poorinda Royal Mantle” is a hybrid between Grevillea laurifolia and Grevillea willisii.

It is a prostrate cultivar, one of about forty cultivars produced by Mr Leo Hodge, of Victoria. It is a hybrid between Grevillea laurifolia and Grevillea willisii, a species from Mount Omeo in Victoria.

Grevillea cv “Poorinda Royal Mantle”, Dee Why, Northern Beaches NSW
Grevillea cv “Poorinda Royal Mantle”, Dee Why, Northern Beaches NSW

Grevillea ‘Poorinda Royal Mantle’ is one of a number of ‘Poorinda’ cultivars that were released to the horticultural trade during the 1970s and 1980s. Most were superseded by more recent cultivars, including ‘Poorinda Royal Mantle’.

Grevillea cv “Poorinda Royal Mantle”, Dee Why, Northern Beaches NSW
Grevillea cv “Poorinda Royal Mantle”, Dee Why, Northern Beaches NSW

Grevillea ‘Poorinda Royal Mantle’ is a spreading, prostrate shrub that can reach 3 metres or more in diameter. The leaves are about 15 cm long andx 4.5 cm wide and may be lobed or entire.

Grevillea cv “Poorinda Royal Mantle”, Dee Why, Northern Beaches NSW
Grevillea cv “Poorinda Royal Mantle”, Dee Why, Northern Beaches NSW

The flowers are typical of the “toothbrush”-flowered grevilleas where the individual flowers are arranged in a terminal one-sided raceme. In the ‘Royal Mantle’, the colour is a bright, tomato red, appearing in spring and summer.

Grevillea cv “Poorinda Royal Mantle”, Dee Why, Northern Beaches NSW
Grevillea cv “Poorinda Royal Mantle”, Dee Why, Northern Beaches NSW
Grevillea cv “Poorinda Royal Mantle”, Dee Why, Northern Beaches NSW
Grevillea cv “Poorinda Royal Mantle”, Dee Why, Northern Beaches NSW
Grevillea cv “Poorinda Royal Mantle”, Dee Why, Northern Beaches NSW
Grevillea cv “Poorinda Royal Mantle”, Dee Why, Northern Beaches NSW
Grevillea cv “Poorinda Royal Mantle”, Dee Why, Northern Beaches NSW
Grevillea cv “Poorinda Royal Mantle”, Dee Why, Northern Beaches NSW
Grevillea cv “Poorinda Royal Mantle”, Dee Why, Northern Beaches NSW
Grevillea cv “Poorinda Royal Mantle”, Dee Why, Northern Beaches NSW
Grevillea cv “Poorinda Royal Mantle”, Dee Why, Northern Beaches NSW
Grevillea cv “Poorinda Royal Mantle”, Dee Why, Northern Beaches NSW
Grevillea cv “Poorinda Royal Mantle”, Dee Why, Northern Beaches NSW
  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Phylum: Charophyta
  • Class: Equisetopsida
  • Subclass: Magnoliidae
  • Superorder: Proteanae
  • Order: Proteales
  • Family: Proteaceae
  • Genus: Grevillea
  • Species: Grevillea laurifolia
  • Species: Grevillea willisii
  • Unranked: Grevillea ‘Poorinda Royal Mantle’

Footnote & References

  1. Many thanks for cultivar species ID to Kirstina Bray, member of NSW Native Plant Identification, Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/332752936930981/
  2. Grevillea ‘Poorinda Royal Mantle’, Australian National Herbarium, https://www.anbg.gov.au/gnp/gnp9/grevillea-poorinda-rm.html
  3. Grevillea “Poorinda Royal Mantle”, Australian Native Plants Society (Australia), https://anpsa.org.au/plant_profiles/grevillea-poorinda-royal-mantle/
  4. Grevillea ‘Poorinda Royal Mantle’, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/157622

Northern Beaches FloraBaby Sun Rose Blowfly Grass (Briza maxima) Bottlebrushes Coastal Morning Glory (Ipomoea indica) Cyathea cooperi Grevillea ‘Peaches and Cream’ Grevillea Poorinda Royal Mantle Native Violet Norfolk Pine Ochna Pigface Ribwort Plantain (Plantago lanceolata) Scurvy Weed Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare) Spiny-headed Mat-rush

Northern BeachesNorthern Beaches Fauna Northern Beaches Flora

New South WalesBarunguba Montague Island Bourke Blue Mountains Bundeena Central Coast Kosciuszko National Park Mount Kaputar National Park Lower North Shore Northern Beaches Sapphire Coast Snowy Mountains Region South Coast Stony Range Regional Botanic Garden Sydney