"Red Swamp Banksia"

Banksia occidentalis can be found as a small tree to 7 metres or a shrub about 2 metres high, especially in coastal areas.Leaves are linear, 40 to 130 mm long by 2 to 3 mm wide with recurved (rolled under), sparsely serrate margins. The grey-brown bark is smooth with lenticels. Flowering occurs in summer and autumn with occasional flowers at other times.The bright red cylindrical spikes are 40 to 140mm high and 65 to 75mm wide at flowering. Colour variants have been recorded, including pink, and pale yellow from near Denmark. In cultivation, this species has grown well in Mediterranean climates with dry summers.

 Packet contains 10 seeds. 

Care and propagation notes Included.