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Banksia repens
Creeping banksia is a low, spreading shrub from the south coast of Western Australia, grown for its large leathery leaves and orange to pink flower spikes. It needs sun, sharp drainage and sandy soil, and it resprouts from a woody base after fire.
Banksia repens, the creeping banksia, is a species of shrub in the plant genus Banksia. It occurs on the south coast of Western Australia from D'Entrecasteaux National Park in the west to Mount Ragged in the east.
Seeds do not require any treatment, and take 29 to 56 days to germinate.
It occurs in sandy soils from Cranbrook to Israelite Bay, on the Western Australian south coast.
Heath-leaf banksia · Coast banksia · Banksia littoralis · Silver banksia · Menzie's Banksia · Banksia petiolaris · Acorn Banksia · Broadleaf Banksia · Banksia seminuda · Banksia serrata · Parrot Bush · Banksia spinulosa var. collina
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Banksia repens 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.
