General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9b -3.9 °C (25 °F) to -1.1 °C (30 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 4 to 26 feet
Plant Spread: 10 to 15 feet
Fruit: Other: Brownish-red woody pod, aging to gray. Each pod contains one to two seeds.
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Other: Creamy-yellow.
Bloom Size: 6"-12"
Flower Time: Year Round
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Flowering Tree
Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Resistances: Drought tolerant

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Common names
  • Showy Banksia

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Location:  - Kula Botanical Garden, Maui 
Date: 2015-05-17
Looking at the leaves, explains why this plant is called Rickrack
Location: San Francisco Botanical Garden at Strybing Arboretum
Date: 2006-08-17
Photo courtesy of: Eric Hunt
Location: Australian National Botanic Gardens
credit: Paul Morris
Location: Sydney
Date: 2013-06-08
Photo courtesy of: Casliber
Location: 1835 Edwards's Botanical Register, Volume 20, Plate 1728
Miss Drake

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