Plant and Soil, Vol. 251, No. 2 (April (II) 2003), pp. 343-349 (7 pages) Models of water uptake in mixed stands of vegetation commonly assume that water is partitioned among competing root systems in ...

IT’S the flowering, towering tree that’s blooming all over town right now. Few know its name or how it came to settle alongside so many freeways and on city streets. With its showy orange-gold blooms ...

Walnut Creek’s Ruth Bancroft is a national authority on drought-resistant gardening. Twice a month she and her staff share their knowledge with readers. The Protea family (Proteaceae) is a Southern ...

Grevillea robusta A. Cunn. is commonly grown as a shade tree in East African tea plantations. Seedlings are usually raised in nurseries and transplanted to the field when about 4 in. high. Failure of ...

The National Forestry Authority [NFA] has rallied farmers in Busoga Sub-region to grow more of Grevillea Robusta trees. Mr Michael Kusuro, the Eastern regional manager of Uganda’s body responsible for ...

While pondering the subject of this Red Bluff Garden Club article, I sauntered down my garden paths seeking inspiration. There right before me in the patent splendor of a ground cover carpet, ...

Blooms from Grevillea robusta trees, or more often called silk oak, silver oak or Australian silky oak, add splashes of bright orange along Haleakala Highway near King Kekaulike High School Wednesday ...

Alan Titchmarsh recommends an import from Down Under which is capable of making a remarkable splash in a British winter garden. If you had mentioned the word ‘grevillea’ to me when I was an apprentice ...

They might be one of our most recognisable trees – but Aussies have been warned to be extra careful around one species in particular. The silky oak – or Grevillea robusta – is blooming along Australia ...