Detail
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Banksia serrata 'Austraflora Pygmy Possum'
Notes

Uses: Highly ornamental flowering ground cover for verges, raised beds, median strips, and embankments. Recommended for foliage, flower and form. Hardy in coastal locations.
Requires well-drained soils.
Attracts native birds and insects for food source and habitat.
Cultural use: Indigenous peoples soaked the flower spikes to make a sweet drink and dry cones to make implements.
Note: This species is provisionally classified schedule 2 by SA Water and requires written approval before being planted in any street or drainage area. It should not be planted closer than 3.5 metres to any sewer main or connection.

  • Height 0.3-0.3m
  • Spread 2-2m
  • Position
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
    • position-partshade Part Shade
  • Family Proteaceae
  • Botanical Name Banksia serrata 'Austraflora Pygmy Possum'
  • Habit Prostrate, Dense, Spreading
  • Landscape Coastal footslopes, Plains, 2nd line coast
  • Soil Texture Loam, Sand
  • pH Acidic, Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Drought, Heavy frost, Salt spray
  • Supplementary Watering Minimal
  • Flower Colour Yellow
  • Flowering Time Summer, Winter
  • Flower Type Cylindrical spike
  • Purpose Ornamental, Habitat
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Form Low shrub (Up to 1.2m)