This shrub has an upright branched habit with reddish branchlets and forms an irregular rounded habit. It has dull green leathery lanced-shaped leaves and the creamy-white tube-shaped flowers appear in dense raceme from a late winter to early spring.

Hardiness zones 8 to 10 

Hakea nitida is naturally found in south-western Western Australia growing amongst trees or in tall sclerophyll shrub-land and in sand dunes or clay flats.

 It prefers a very well drained moderately fertile sandy loam in an open sunny position and is frost and drought resistant. 

The Frog Hakea is grown for its flowers and bushy habit. It is planted in small or native gardens along borders as a specimen or foliage contrast. It is suitable for coastal or inland regions and establishes in 1-2 years. It may be difficult to obtained, requiring a specialist nursery. ID 1116

Hakea (HĂK-ee-a) nitida (ne-TEE-da)

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