Episode: Six
Date: 23rd May 2009
Story: Greenlife Highlight: Wee Jasper Spider Flower
Presenter: Neville Passmore

Neville introduces us to a beautiful and endangered species, the Wee Jasper Spider Flower, which will make a lovely addition to your garden.

Featured Plant:

Wee Jasper Spider Flower

• This is a selected form of a local Canberra native Grevillea.
• It is a fast growing plant which can tolerate cold conditions. It can grow in full sun or partly shaded areas.
• The Jasper Spider Flower can grow to 2 meters in height.
• This plant has bright lime green foliage which looks cool and crisp all year around, with nectar rich spider like cream and pink flowers that hang in clusters at the end of branches. These come into bloom from May until November.
• Wee Jasper Spider flower is a hardy, rare and endangered shrub.
• With an occasional prune, this plant can become a neat and tidy hedge; the pruning also helps to promote bushiness and better flowering for the following season.
• Your purchase of this plant contributes to endangered species conservation and research via the Australian Network for Plant Conservation.

For more information and stockists contact:
Yarralumla Nursery
Banks St
Yarralumla, ACT 2600
Ph: (02) 6207 2446
W: http://www.tams.act.gov.au/live/yarralumla_nursery
E: yarr.nursery@act.gov.au