This large shrub has a greyish trunk with red brown branchlets that form an irregular rounded crown. It has glossy dark green elliptical leaves and the yellow-green bottle-shaped flowers appear during early winter.

Hardiness zones 9 to 10

Banksia conferta is naturally found in Australia growing in the Lamington plateau and Glasshouse Mountains in Queensland. 

It prefers a granite or sandstone based soil that is well drained and moderatly fertile in a open sunny position and is frost tender but drought tolerant.

Banksia conferta is slow growing shrub that is planted for its flowers and its attractive reddish new growth. It is used in coastal or small gardens as a specimen or along borders for attracting birds. It is also used in street plantings or bushland settings and establishes in 5 to 7 years. ID 596

Banksia (BANK-see-a) conferta (kon-fer-ta)

‘Banksia’: after 18th century British botanist Sir Joseph Banks; confertus Lat. crowded

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