My friend has a bush and wants to know what it is and if its leaves will be OK to compost. I have attached two pictures. The samples are dehydrated, thus the flowers in the tall pic are almost black, but they are a fuchsia or deep magenta color in bloom. The needles also are straight, but were bent up a bit before I got the picture. Please let me know if you need more info to ID them. Thanks!
Possibly - looks like the pic on the Wikipedia article, possibly, but not like the one at http://anpsa.org.au/jpg1/000908x.jpg. The latter is thin-leaved, but does not have needles. This plant has needles, making me think it was a pine or something, until I saw the flowers. I'll have to ask for another sample to compare again to know better. Thanks for the reply, it's definitely a contender based on the Wikipedia shot.
Thanks. I was on here before several years back as "inlander". You all were very helpful back then in identifying several plants on my property. Glad to be back!
So it's a Grevillea rosmarinifolia then. Thanks! What about the compost question? Would it be a problem element in a compost pile, or a good contributor? Or something in between?
Not sure it is that particular species, but the flowerhead fits the genus. Doubt it would be an adverse compost component.