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Fraser's Banksia

Banksia fraseri

Fraser's Banksia
Photo: Melburnian, CC BY-SA 3.0

Fraser's Banksia is a variable shrub native to southwestern Western Australia, ranging from low, almost prostrate forms to upright shrubs up to about 6 m tall. It is grown for its dome-shaped flower heads and needs full sun and very free-draining soil.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established and let the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Sandy, well-drained, low-phosphorus soil; avoid fertilizer and wet roots.
Temperature
10–30 °C; tolerates light frost but needs protection below about -5 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
WSW. & SW. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Banksia fraseri is a species of shrub that is endemic to Western Australia. It has hairy stems, broadly linear pinnatisect leaves with between four and eighteen sharply-pointed lobes on each side, between eighty and one hundred pink to cream-coloured flowers and wedge-shaped follicles.

Where it grows

Banksia fraseri ranges from Kalbarri in the north to Cranbrook in the south and as far inland as Kellerberrin. It grows in shrubland, woodland and kwongan.

Other Banksia plants

Banksia acanthopoda · Prickly Banksia · Banksia acuminata · Wallum Banksia · Banksia alliacea · Cactus Dryandra · Northern Banksia · Yilgarn Dryandra · Banksia archaeocarpa · Banksia arctotidis · Banksia armata var. armata · Banksia armata var. ignicida

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Banksia fraseri by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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