Detail
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Banksia ornata
Desert Banksia
Notes

Uses: Suitable as a decorative specimen plant or in a mixed native garden. Soil must be well drained and is very intolerant of heavy soils. Success can be achieved by planting in raised beds in warm dry areas.
Note: Attracts nectar feeding and seed feeding birds.
Note: This species is provisionally classified schedule 1, Regulation 24.2 under the Sewerage Act and requires written SA Water approval prior to planting in streets or roads. It should not be planted closer than two metres to any sewer main or connection.

This plant is indigenous to the following botanical regions of South Australia.


:EP: Eyre Peninsula
:MU: Murray
:SL: Southern Lofty
:KI: Kangaroo Island
:SE: South Eastern
 
For detail on these regions refer to the user guide.

  • Height 1-2m
  • Spread 1-2m
  • Position
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
    • position-partshade Part Shade
  • Family Proteaceae
  • Botanical Name Banksia ornata
  • Common Name Desert Banksia
  • Origin SA, VIC
  • Habit Spreading, Bushy
  • Landscape Desert dunes, Plains
  • Soil Texture Sand, Loam
  • pH Acidic, Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Drought, Moderate frost, Lime
  • Supplementary Watering Minimal
  • Flower Colour Yellow
  • Flowering Time Autumn, Winter
  • Flower Type Cylindrical spike
  • Purpose Habitat, Ornamental
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Form Medium Shrub (Usually between 1.2m & 3.6m)
  • Indigenous to the Adelaide Region