This shrub to small tree has an upright habit with a greyish trunk and no lignotuber and forms a bushy habit. It has oblong dark green  toothed leaves and the golden yellow tube-shaped flowers appear in cylindrical spike from autumn to winter.  

Hardiness zones 8 to 10 

Banksia media is naturally found in Western Australia at the eastern end of the Stirling Ranges to Israelite Bay growing in heathland or open scrubland. 

It prefers a in well-drained sandy loam and tolerates limestone or granite soils in a sunny to semi shade open position and is drought and salt tolerant, but frost tender.

The Southern Plains Banksia is a adaptable shrub to small tree that is grown for its flowers and is planted in parks and gardens as a specimen or in shrub borders tolerating some shade. It establishes in 3 to 5 years from seed and will grow in a variety of soil types and has been successfully cultivated in the humid eastern states of Australia. ID 1434

Note:
This plant is not commonly cultivated and may be difficult to obtain requiring a specialist nursery.

Banksia (BANK-see-a) media (me-de-ä)

Banksia’: after 18th century British botanist Sir Joseph Banks; media Lat. middle

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