An evergreen trailing shrub with dark green foliage that is roughly toothed. It produces dense clusters of small, rosymauve/ lilac flowers, each with a bright yellow throat. Flowers are slightly fragrant and carried throughout the year. There is also a white form 'Alba'.

Widespread throughout the tropics, this creeping shoreline perennial is often used in dune stabilisation programs. Its leaves, which have a semisucculent appearance, are threelobed - the leaflets fold up in the hot sun. It has purple-pink peashaped flowers that are borne on upright stems throughout the summer months. Hardy and adaptable, it will grow and flower well in garden situations.

'Sunee' is a particularly handsome variety of Golden Trumpet, a vigorous climber with glossy bright green, leathery leaves. Unlike the true species, 'Sunee' is more shrublike but will still climb if given the opportunity. It produces brilliant yellow, trumpet-shaped flowers up to 14 cm across throughout summer.

Occurring naturally in the Kakadu National Park area of the NT, this species and its varietal forms ('Golden Lyre' among them), are frost tender. It thrives in warmer, coastal locations and prefers a welldrained soil, although it does require regular watering until well established. 'Golden Lyre' is a spectacular golden-flowered form - there are very few true yellow grevilleas, so this is one to look out for. Like all grevilleas, Grevillea formosa and its hybrids are nectar-producing so will attract birds and butterflies to the garden.