Grevillea rosmarinifolia Bill Cawthon taking on a cool grayish-blue

taking on a cool grayish-blue cast before the petals drop

Native to the Balearic Islands of the Mediterranean and to southwestern Spain

likely drawn from our own collection

blooming from late spring well into fall

ground into flour

Grevillea rosmarinifolia Bill Cawthon taking on a cool grayish-blueGrevillea rosmarinifolia is a fine textured Australian evergreen, a rounded to semi prostrate shrub whose narrow, deep green leaves look uncannily like rosemary, giving the plant both the species name and a handsome, needled presence the year round. The likeness is only skin deep, for this is a member of the protea family, Proteaceae, worlds away from any herb. The flowers are the surprise: clusters of small, spider like blooms in red tipped with