HAIRPIN BANKSIA banksia spinulosa

• Age
  • Planted 14th August 2005, x 2
  • Indigenous to local area
• Where it's Growing
  • Full morning sun. Dappled afternoon sun. Exposed to frost and wind. Dry area.
• Upkeep
  • These plants do very well in the surrounding bush. Less well in our garden. I was watering our plant and mulching it. But it didn't seem to like this. So I stopped & it is doing better. Don't do anything to it now except remove leaf litter from around it occassionally & remove all the caterpillars from it.
• Growth Patterns
  • Very slow growing & prone to getting eaten by caterpillars.
  • Flowers autumn through to spring.
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• Future Notes
  • 12.8.07- Only have 1 left now. But the one that is left is flowering beautifully & is healthy apart from where caterpillars have been eating it quiet alot.