This attractive small shrub has a stout trunk with a lignotuber and spreading branches that form a compact rounded crown. It has mid green linear leaves and the orange-yellow cylindrical flower heads have dark styles and appear during autumn.

Hardiness zones 9 to 11

Banksia spinulosa is naturally found in Auistralia growing on the east coast of New South Wales and extending into the Blue Mountains near Sydney in scrubland forming a rounded habit with smooth branches with flaky older wood.

It prefers a well drained moderatly fertile sandy acidic soil in a sunny to semi-shaded position and is frost and drought tolerant.

The Honeysuckle Banksia is grown for its rounded bushy habit and flowers. It is planted in garden borders for screening and attracting birds or used in bushland settings. It is suitable for coastal and adjoining tablelands regions establishing in 1-4 years and is moderately long lived. This shrub is also grown in the understorey or used in street plantings. ID 358

Banksia(BANK-see-a) spinulosa(spin-U-low-sä)

Proteaceae (pro-tee-AY-see-ee)
Protea Family