This shrub has a short trunk with thick corky grey brown bark and twisted branches that form a bushy habit. It has scattered light green toothed lanced-shaped leaves and the large erect yellow-green cylindrical flower head appears during autumn. 

Hardiness zones 8 to 11

Banksia aemula is naturaly found in Australia growing on the east coast from Victoria to Queensland. 

It prefers an open sunny position and grows in well drained deep sandy soils that are moderately fertile and is drought, salt and frost tolerant.  

The Wallum Banksia is a long-lived shrub that is grown for its flowers and bushy habit. It is planted in small or native gardens as a specimen or along borders for screening and to attract birds. It is salt tolerant and is used in dune stabilisation or grown on sandstone outcrops. It is fire resistant and tough and will establish in 2 to 4 years but grows slowly and is similar to Banksia serrata except it only attains a height of 3m (10ft). ID 595

Banksia (BANK-see-a) aemula (ǎm-u-la)

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