It is a shrub that grows to 1.2 by 1.5 metres (4–5 ft) in height and width and has bright green attractive deeply divided leaves, around 11.7 centimetres (4.6 in) long by 6.4 centimetres (2.5 in) in width.

[1][2] The cultivar is a cross between a white-flowered form of the Queensland species Grevillea banksii, and G. bipinnatifida from Western Australia, and was selected from a plant which arose in a garden in Logan Village, a southern suburb of Brisbane, in 1997.

It was watched and propagated by Queensland horticulturists and SGAP members Dennis Cox and Janice Glazebrook, finally being patented in 2006.

Grevillea 'Superb' has a deeper orange coloration in the flowers, while G. 'Robyn Gordon' is red.

[3] It tolerant of a wide range of conditions, including humidity as well as drought, and frost down to −5 °C (23 °F).