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Propagating Grevilleas

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Further to my article on Australian Grevilleas, today I have included a link to Propagation of Grevilleas  from Gardening Australia. Also, from Wikipedia... Many species of grevilleas are popular  garden plants , especially in Australia but also in other temperate and subtropical climates. Many grevilleas have a propensity to interbreed freely, and extensive hybridisation and selection of horticulturally desirable attributes has led to the commercial release of many named  Grevillea cultivars . Among the best known are  Grevillea  'Robyn Gordon' , a small shrub up to 1.5 m (5 ft) high and wide which can flower 12 months of the year in subtropical climates. The cultivar 'Canberra Gem' has gained the  Royal Horticultural Society 's  Award of Garden Merit . [3] They can be grown from soft tip  cuttings  from December-March (in the Southern Hemisphere) or  seed . Many harder-to-grow species can be grafted onto hardy rootstock such as  Grevillea robusta . From Wikipedia,