Banksia coccinea - Scarlet Banksia

Banksia coccinea - Scarlet Banksia

Banksia coccinea – Scarlet banksia.

Australian Native Plants – Random House says the following:

“One of the most beautiful species and prized by the cut flower industry, the scarlet banksia from the far south of Western Australia has short, wide, erect cylinders of deep scarlet to orange flowers opening from downy grey buds, from winter through to early summer. The very broad, stiff leaves are grey on the underside…...it is a difficult garden subject, it does not always flower readily and often succombs to root-rot fungi in climate with wet summers”

Grows 1.8-3.5m

Found in Kings Park Perth WA

Banksia coccinea - Scarlet Banksia belongs to the following groups:

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