Family | Proteaceae |
Description | Medium to large upright shrub |
Flowering time | Autumn-Winter |
Distribution & botanical details | click here |
Vegetation communities | Woodland and heathland |
Soil types | Gravels and sands derived from granite |
Values/uses | |
-habitat values | Bird pollinated. |
-amenity/ornamental values | One of the most reliable of all the Western Australian Hakeas in cultivation. The foliage is bold and attractive, the flowers are very beautiful up close but tend to be somewhat hidden among the foliage. Surprisingly tolerant of heavy soils given its habitat. |
-economic/functional values | Some demand for this species for cut foliage and flowers |
Tolerances | |
-water deficit | extremely high |
-compaction | average |
-waterlogging | average |
-shade | low |
-minimum temperature | -5 degrees |
Seed and germination details | |
-avge no. seeds per gram | 45 |
-viability period | long |
-dormancy | none |
-treatment | none |
-days from first to last germination at 25 degrees | not known but germination usually rapid and reliable |
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