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Birthday Candles Banksia is a vigorous, evergreen dwarf shrub with needle-type foliage and bright golden flower spikes in autumn and winter. As with most banksias, they attract birds to the garden and are splendid when in flower as this variety is so prolific. Plant Birthday Candles in coastal gardens, wildlife gardens, rockeries, mass groundcover plantings, and in pots and containers. Prune as required after flowering to maintain dense growth. Feed with a slow-release native fertiliser during spring
Soil: Plant in a light very-well-drained soil
Conditions: Sunny position. Frost and coastal tolerant.
Size: Height 0.40m x width 0.5-1m
Soil: Plant in a light very-well-drained soil
Conditions: Sunny position. Frost and coastal tolerant.
Size: Height 0.40m x width 0.5-1m
Banksia ericifolia Red Rover has stunning, deep red-terracotta cylindrical flowers up to 25cm long! It has an open habit with fine, heathery, pale green small leaves providing a colourful contrast to the show-stopping flowers. This adaptable banksia forms an excellent screen plant and is adored by native birds and bees. The seed pods are decorative as are the flowers. Feed with a slow-release native fertiliser during spring.
Soil: Plant in well-drained soil with neutral to acid pH.
Conditions: Full sun to semi-shade. Salt, frost, drought, humid and coastal tolerant.
Size: Height 2m x width 2m
Soil: Plant in well-drained soil with neutral to acid pH.
Conditions: Full sun to semi-shade. Salt, frost, drought, humid and coastal tolerant.
Size: Height 2m x width 2m
The ground cover Banksia blechnifolia is an Australian native known for its fantastic blooms ranging in colour from red, pink, orange and brown. This variety offers stunning serrated, reddish foliage resembling a fern, and the shrub grows wide rather than tall. Use it as an eye-catching feature shrub or as a pot plant for a large container. Blechnifolia requires a low phosphorus fertiliser - preferably in early spring.
Soil: Sandy, well-drained soil
Conditions: Full sun. Wind, salt, coastal, drought and frost tolerant.
Size: Height 0.5m x width 4m
Soil: Sandy, well-drained soil
Conditions: Full sun. Wind, salt, coastal, drought and frost tolerant.
Size: Height 0.5m x width 4m
Banksia robur, the swamp banksia, is a dramatic-looking banksia with bright russet new growth, big green leaves, metallic green buds, and impressive gold-tan flower spikes. The hardy native looks good in grouped plantings, wildlife gardens, and along fence lines and driveways. Seed pods are decorative for indoor arrangements as are the banksias themselves. Prune as required to maintain compact growth. Feed with a slow-release native fertiliser during spring.
Soil: Plant in a well-drained sandy or loam soil with neutral-acid pH and regular water. Will tolerate moist, even wet, soil in full sun.
Conditions: It needs full sun for best flowering, but will grow in part shade. Coastal, salt, wind and frost tolerant.
Size: Height 3m x width 2m
Soil: Plant in a well-drained sandy or loam soil with neutral-acid pH and regular water. Will tolerate moist, even wet, soil in full sun.
Conditions: It needs full sun for best flowering, but will grow in part shade. Coastal, salt, wind and frost tolerant.
Size: Height 3m x width 2m
Banksia attenuata Dwarf is an eye-catching Western Australian dwarf with large candle-like yellow flowers appearing in spring and autumn. These lovely flowers are very attractive to native birds- bringing bird-song to the garden. Leaves are lush and green with unusual, serrated style foliage. The banksia can be used in mass plantings, general landscaping, potted displays, rockeries, borders or even as a feature plant. It can also be trimmed to the desired shape for your garden.
Soil: Light, well-drained soil. Avoid areas prone to water-logging.
Conditions: Full sun. Coastal, drought and frost hardy.
Size: Height 1.5m x width 2m
Soil: Light, well-drained soil. Avoid areas prone to water-logging.
Conditions: Full sun. Coastal, drought and frost hardy.
Size: Height 1.5m x width 2m
Banksia Dwarf Red is an attractive quick-growing, low-growing banksia that flowers prolifically throughout autumn and winter. The prolific large golden flowers with red highlights will attract birds, butterflies and bees to the garden, and are an ideal wildlife habitat. This hardy species naturally forms a low wide mound that covers the ground, and pruning will see an even more dense habit.
Soil: Well drained soil.
Conditions: Full sun. Drought, frost and coastal tolerant.
Size: Height 0.60m x width 0.70m
Soil: Well drained soil.
Conditions: Full sun. Drought, frost and coastal tolerant.
Size: Height 0.60m x width 0.70m
Black Magic banksia is a stunning native shrub with soft, deep green foliage. Dozens of gleaming gold & black banksia brushes cluster throughout the foliage in winter & spring, and the honeyeaters just love them. A light trimming is all that is needed to keep it tidy, and with more formal clipping, it forms a very attractive hedge.
Soil: Plant in well-drained soil on the acid side. Tolerates clay and sandy soils.
Conditions: Full sun to dappled shade. Light frost tolerant, drought, salt, heat and coastal tolerant.
Size: Height 1.5-2m x width 1-5-2m
Soil: Plant in well-drained soil on the acid side. Tolerates clay and sandy soils.
Conditions: Full sun to dappled shade. Light frost tolerant, drought, salt, heat and coastal tolerant.
Size: Height 1.5-2m x width 1-5-2m
Cascading like waves on the sea, Banksia Roller Coaster provides any landscape with the perfect groundcover. Silver-backed leaves on strong stems flicker like wave tops in the wind contrasting against the green. The lemon banksia flowers appear from late summer to early spring and are excellent for attracting birds and the dense layering makes it a wildlife habitat plant. Grow Roller Coaster on banks, over retaining walls, or amongst large rock outcrops. It can be pruned to keep it more compact and manageable in a smaller garden.
Soil: Well-drained soil.
Conditions: Full sun. Coastal, salt, wind, frost and drought tolerant.
Size: Height 0.5m x width 1.5m
Soil: Well-drained soil.
Conditions: Full sun. Coastal, salt, wind, frost and drought tolerant.
Size: Height 0.5m x width 1.5m
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