Banksia occidentalis
Botanical Name: Banksia occidentalis
Common Names: Red Swamp Banksia, Waterbush,
Native: Foliage Type:
Yes Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Hedging / Screening, Shrubs, Trees Shrub Like, Spreading
Description:
An erect bushy shrub or small tree growing to around 5m but can get bigger in the wild. It can thrive in poorly drained sites that get seasonally waterlogged. With shiny bright green narrow leaves that have a white underside and grey-brown bark is smooth with bright red cylindrical flower spikes that occur in summer through into winter and can spot flower other times of the year.
Mature Height: Mature Width:
TBA TBA
Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun Any
Landscape Use(s)
Bird Attracting, Costal Garden, Cut Flower, Foliage Feature / Colour, Hedging / Screeningd, Lo wWater Garden, Wind Break
Pests & Diseases: TBA
Cultural Notes
Family Name: Origin:
Proteaceae TBA
Characteristics
Foliage Colour: TBA
Flower Colour: TBA
Flower Fragrant:
Flowering Season: TBA
Fruit: TBA
Requirements Tolerances
Growth Rate: TBA
Maintenance Level: TBA
Water Usage: TBA
Drought: TBA
Frost: TBA
Wind: TBA