This large shrub has a smooth greyish trunk with no lignotuber and upright branching that forms a bushy crown. It has a dark green toothed linear leaves and the upright cylindrical orange flower-heads appear during summer.

Hardiness zones 9 to 10

Banksia victoriaeis naturally found in Western Australia growing in a restricted area north of Geraldton in shrubland. It prefers a very well drained moderately fertile deep yellow or pale red sandy soil in an open sunny position with a hot dry summer and is drought tolerant, but frost tender and is killed by fire then regenerate from seed.

The Woolly Orange Banksia is grown for its flowers and foliage. It is planted in native gardens and in parks or bushland settings for attracting birds. It is suitable for coastal and inland regions establishing in 3-5 years and is long lived. The flowers and foliage are commonly used in floral arrangements and the plant prefers a mediterranean climate with hot dry summers.ID 3301

Banksia(BANK-see-a) victoriae(vic-TOR-ee-eye)

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