Detail
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Hakea rostrata
Beaked Hakea
Notes

Uses: Suitable for parks, reserves, wider roadside plantings, and batters. As an informal hedge, screen or barrier in low traffic areas due to its prickly foliage.
Fragrant. Bird attracting, food and habitat and refuge. Lizard refuge.
Requires well-drained soils.
Note: This species is provisionally classified schedule 1, Regulation 24.2 under the Sewerage Act. Written approval is required prior to planting in streets or roads. It should not be planted closer than two metres to any sewer main or connection.


:FR: Flinders Rangers   
:EP: Eyre Peninsula
:NL: Northern Lofty
:MU: Murray
:YP: Yorke Peninsula
:SL: Southern Lofty
:KI: Kangaroo Island
:SE: South Eastern
 
For detail on these regions refer to the user guide.

  • Height 1-3m
  • Spread 1-5m
  • Position
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
  • Family Proteaceae
  • Botanical Name Hakea rostrata
  • Common Name Beaked Hakea
  • Origin SA, Vic, Tas
  • Habit Rounded to spreading
  • Landscape Hills, Footslopes, Plains
  • Soil Texture Loam, Sand
  • pH Acidic, Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Drought, Lime, Moderate frost
  • Supplementary Watering Minimal
  • Flower Colour Cream
  • Flowering Time Spring, Winter
  • Flower Type Clusters
  • Purpose Wind protection, Screen, Ornamental, Hedge, Habitat
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Form Medium Shrub (Usually between 1.2m & 3.6m)
  • Indigenous to the Adelaide Region