Australian Native Plants - Proteaceae
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Isopogon anemonifolius
(Broad-leaved Drumsticks) |
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Height
0.5m - 1.5m
Spread
0.5m - 1m |
Broad-leaved Drumsticks is a small to medium shrub producing conspicuous clusters of globular yellow flower heads in spring and summer. The globular or barrel-shaped seed pods give rise to their common name of "Drumsticks". The leaves are divided... Read more > |
Lambertia ericifolia
(Heath-Leaf Honeysuckle) |
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Height
1.4m - 5m
Spread
1m - 2.5m |
Heath-leaved Honeysuckle is a spreading shrub or tree. It produces orange to red tubular flowers from spring to autumn. The leaves are narrow and linear , about 8mm to 20mm long and 1.5mm wide. Fruit is ovoid and about 1cm long with a beak at the... Read more > |
Lambertia multiflora
(Many-flowered Honeysuckle) |
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Height
0.5m - 2m
Spread
1.5m |
The Many-flowered Honeysuckle is a many stemmed shrub. It produces clusters of ball-shaped yellow, orange or red flowers from winter to summer (June to December). The branches are upright to spreading. The leaves are linear or narrowly obovate and... Read more > |
Macadamia tetraphylla
(Macadamia Nut) |
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Height
8m - 15m
Spread
6m - 8m |
The Macadamia Nut (Macadamia tetraphylla) is a rainforest tree belonging to the Proteaceae family. It has a number of other common names including Queensland Nut, Poppel Nut, Prickly Macadamia, Rough-shelled Bush Nut and Rough-shelled Queensland... Read more > |
Persoonia pinifolia
(Pine-leaved Geebung) |
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Height
2m - 4m |
Pine-leaved Geebung is a large shrub growing to four metres tall. The leaves are long and narrow like pine needles, and grow to around 7 cm in length and 5 mm wide. It produces small racemes of yellow flowers in summer through to winter. the flowers... Read more > |
Stenocarpus sinuatus
(Firewheel Tree) |
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Height
8m - 30m
Spread
5m - 7m |
The Fire Wheel Tree is a medium or large tree with brown or grey bark, growing to thirty metres or more in its natural habitat, but usually much smaller in cultivation. The leaves are elliptical and may be entire or with irregular large lobes.... Read more > |
