Grevillea macleayana flowering in coastal heathland near Ulladulla, NSW. These coastal plants (sometimes referred to as the 'Racecourse Creek' form) with mostly entire, elliptic leaves and a semi-prostrate habit when young offer a lot as garden plants but I'm not sure when I last saw one available in a nursery or native plant sale.
G. macleayana was elevated to a species (from G. barklyana ssp. macleayana) in 1994. In 2022 two more species were separated from G. macleayana - G. gilmourii (previously known as the Deua form') and G. milleriana (from one plant!) Unfortunately the only Grevillea I regularly see for sale along the south coast from this set of species is a 'Grevillea barklyana' which is actually a hybrid with finely toothed leaves.
If I ever track down a stock plant of the coastal Racecourse Creek form I'm going to try a few cuttings - can think of several coastal gardens I work on that these would look great in!
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