Australian Native Plants - Banksia
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Banksia aculeata
(Prickly Banksia) |
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Height
1m - 2m
Spread
1m - 2m |
Prickly Banksia is a bushy shrub with prickly serrated leaves. The leaves are 4cm to 10cm long and about 10mm to 30mm wide. The flower heads are lantern shaped, 8cm long and hang downwards. Flowers are pink or pink with creamy yellow and borne in... Read more > |
Banksia aemula
(Wallum Banksia) |
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Height
3m - 8m
Spread
1m - 4m |
The Wallum Banksia is a lignotuberous shrub or small tree and can grow to 8m tall. It has long narrow serrated leaves that grow to 22cm long and 2cm wide. It flowers in autumn and produces large creamy yellow conical flower spikes that grow to 20cm... Read more > |
Banksia anatona
(Cactus Dryandra) |
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Height
to 5 m |
Banksia anatona is a shrub with one main stem and short laterals. It has oval serrated leaves and lemon yellow flowers. Formerly known as Dryandra anatona. Read more > |
Banksia ashbyi
(Ashby's Banksia) |
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Height
2m - 5m
Spread
2m - 3m |
Ashby's Banksia is a dense shrub with lobed saw-toothed leaves that grow to 20cm long and 3cm wide. The large orange flower spikes grow to 15cm long and 8cm wide and are bottlebrush shape. the flower spikes make ornamental cut flowers and the plant... Read more > |
Banksia attenuata
(Candlestick Banksia) |
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Height
4m - 15m
Spread
3m - 8m |
The Candlestick Banksia or Slender Banksia is a tree that grows to around 10 metres in height. In drier areas it grows as shrub to 2 metres tall. Tree forms develop a thick trunk. The long leaves grow to about 25cm long and 1.5cm wide, and have... Read more > |
Banksia audax
(Dwarf Dryland Banksia) |
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Height
1m - 2m
Spread
1m - 2m |
The Dwarf Dryland Banksia is an openly branched shrub growing to around a metre tall. The leaves are elongated triangular, with serrations along the edges. Leaf size is up to 7 cm long and about 2 cm wide. The flower spikes are yellowish orange or... Read more > |
Banksia baueri
(Possum Banksia) |
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Height
2m - 4m
Spread
2m - 4m |
The Possum Banksia or woolly Banksia is a dense shrub with spikes of orange brown flowers in late winter and spring. The unusual flower spikes grow to 30cm long by 20cm wide. After flowering the plant produces a woody cone with seeds enclosed in... Read more > |
Banksia baxteri
(Bird's Nest Banksia) |
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Height
3m - 4m
Spread
3m - 5m |
The Bird's Nest Banksia (Banksia baxteri) is a dense shrub growing to around 3 metres tall. The plant produces attractive dome shaped flower heads of yellow green flowers in late winter, spring and summer and intermittently at other times of the... Read more > |
Banksia benthamiana
(Bentham's Banksia) |
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Height
2m - 4m
Spread
2m - 4m |
Banksia benthamiana is an ornamental shrub with flaky grey bark that grows to 4m in height. The leaves grow to 25cm long and 1cm wide with finely serrated leaf margins. Both surfaces of the leaf are hairy when young, becoming smoother as it matures.... Read more > |
Banksia blechnifolia
(Southern Blechnum Banksia) |
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Height
0.2m - 0.5m
Spread
2m - 4m |
The Southern Blechnum Banksia or Groundcover Banksia is a spreading prostrate shrub with horizontal stems and fern-like leathery leaves. The leaves are 25cm to 45 cm long and up to 10cm wide with deep triangular lobes. The reddish brown flowers grow... Read more > |
Banksia brownii
(Brown's Banksia) |
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Height
2m - 6m
Spread
2m - 4m |
Brown's Banksia (also known as the Feather-leaved Banksia) varies from a bushy shrub to open spreading shrub or small tree. This Banksia from Western Australia has attractive feather shaped leaves that grow to 10cm long a 1cm wide. The leaves are... Read more > |
Banksia burdettii
(Burdett's Banksia) |
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Height
3m - 4m
Spread
3m - 4m |
Burdett's Banksia is a large shrub or small tree that normally grows to around four metres in height. The grey green leaves are long and narrow with even triangular serrated margins. The plant produces large orange or apricot flower spikes of... Read more > |
Banksia caleyi
(Caley's Banksia) |
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Height
2m - 3m
Spread
2m - 4m |
Caley's Banksia is a dense shrub that grows to two or three metres tall It has grey bark, and stiff prickly wedge-shaped serrated leaves. It produces oval shaped clusters of red, cream and red, or yellow flowers that hang downwards, giving it its... Read more > |
Banksia candolleana
(Propeller Banksia) |
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Height
1m - 1.5m
Spread
1m - 3m |
Propeller Banksia is a dense spreading shrub. It has long narrow linear leaves that grow 15cm tom 40cm long, with triangular serrated margins. The orange yellow flower spikes are about 6cm to 7.5cm wide and fairly short. The flowers appear from... Read more > |
Banksia canei
(Mountain Banksia) |
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Height
3m - 4m
Spread
2m - 3m |
The Mountain Banksia is a smooth-barked shrub that grows to about three metres in height. It has smallish stiff leaves that grow from 2cm to 5cm long and are narrow wedge-shaped widening towards the tip. Leaves may have smooth edges or may be... Read more > |
Banksia carlinoides
(Pink Dryandra) |
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Height
0.3m - 1.5m
Spread
1.5m |
Banksia carlinoides is a compact shrub with narrow green prickly leaves and pink to creamy white clusters of flowers from august to November. The plant has no lignotuber and is regenerated from seed. The species used to be known as Dryandra... Read more > |
Banksia chamaephyton
(Fishbone Banksia) |
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Height
0.2m - 0.4m
Spread
1m - 2m |
The Fishbone Banksia is a prostrate shrub. The long leaves grow upright and are deeply divided in a fishbone or fern frond pattern. The cone shaped flower spikes are produced from the base of the plant at ground level. Flowers are produced in spring... Read more > |
Banksia coccinea
(Scarlet Banksia) |
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Height
3m - 5m
Spread
2m - 4m |
The Scarlet Banksia is an upright shrub or small tree. It produces spectacular red and white spikes of bottlebrush-shaped flower heads in spring and summer. The flower heads are at the end of the stem, making it an attractive cut flower. The oval... Read more > |
Banksia conferta ssp conferta
(Glasshouse Banksia) |
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Height
3m - 6m
Spread
3m - 4m |
Banksia conferta subsp. Conferta is a dense shrub growing to around four metres tall. the bark is rough and grey. The leaves are oval and grow from about 4cm to 12 cm long and about 1cm to 4cm wide. Leaves are green above and silvery grey below. It... Read more > |
Banksia conferta ssp penicillata
(Newnes Plateau Banksia) |
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Height
3m - 4m
Spread
3m - 4m |
there are two subspecies of Banksia conferta - subspecies conferta and subspecies penicillata. It is a medium or large shrub growing to around four metres in height. It produces spikes of pale yellow flowers which are followed by woody fruit cones.... Read more > |
Banksia cuneata
(Matchstick Banksia) |
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Height
3m - 5m
Spread
2m - 3m |
The Matchstick Banksia is an upright dense shrub or small tree. The prickly leaves are wedge-shaped and serrated, growing up to 4cm in length. The flowers grow in a dome-shaped cluster in winter, spring and summer. The flowers are cream and pink... Read more > |
Banksia dallanneyi
(Couch Honeypot) |
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Height
0.5m
Spread
2m |
Banksia dallanneyi is a prostrate shrub growing to about 50 cm in height and often spreads with underground branches. It has long narrow leaves up to 20cm in length. The leaves are deeply serrated in triangular lobes almost to the mid rib. The... Read more > |
Banksia dryandroides
(Dryandra-leaved Banksia) |
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Height
0.3m-1m
Spread
1m - 2m |
The Dryandra-leaved Banksia is a dense low growing shrub to one metre in height. It has narrow leaves with triangular lobes forming a saw-tooth pattern. The ;eaves are 5cm to 17cm long and about 1cm wide. The cylindrical flower spikes and quite... Read more > |
Banksia elderiana
(Palm Banksia) |
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Height
1m - 4m
Spread
1m - 4m |
The Palm Banksia is a bushy shrub growing to about three metres in height. The leaves are long and narrow and grow from 15cm to 40cm long. The leaves curl and have fine serrated margins. New growth is covered in brown hairs giving a furry... Read more > |
| Banksia epica |
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Height
2m
Spread
2m - 3m |
Banksia epica is a dense spreading shrub with grey bark and wedge-shaped serrated leaves. The leaves are about 2cm to 5cm long and to 15mm wide. The flower spike is yellow or creamy yellow in colour and about 20cm in length. and 10cm in diameter.... Read more > |
