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Marble Hakea

Hakea incrassata

Marble Hakea
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0

Marble hakea is a spreading or low compact shrub from south-west Western Australia, growing 0.35 to 1.5 m tall, with stiff evergreen leaves and white to pink flowers. Its key to success is sharp drainage and full sun, as it grows naturally in sandy or gravelly soils.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Sandy or gravelly, free-draining soil; tolerates poor, lateritic soils.
Temperature
Hardy in mild climates; protect from prolonged frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. Australia

About

Hakea incrassata, commonly known as marble hakea, is a shrub in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to Western Australia.

Where it grows

Marble hakea is endemic throughout a large area of the Wheatbelt, Great Southern and Goldfields–Esperance regions of Western Australia from Northampton in the north west to Ravensthorpe in the south east. It is found in open low heath communities where it is found in sandy or gravelly soils around or over laterite or granite.

Other Hakea plants

Mulloway Needle Bush · Column Hakea · Hakea acuminata · Hakea adnata · Enigma Hakea · Hakea ambigua · Prickly Hakea · Hakea anadenia · Yellow Hakea · Big Nellie Hakea · Hakea asperma · Hakea auriculata

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hakea incrassata 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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