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Hakea leucoptera subsp. sericipes

A small Australian tree or multi-stemmed shrub with silver-grey needle-like leaves and fragrant white or creamy flower clusters. It is a subspecies of a native Australian Hakea, grown mainly in dry, open landscapes.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; let the soil dry out between waterings and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, coarse or sandy soil; tolerates heavier soils in its native range but dislikes wet feet.
Temperature
Tolerates hot, dry summers and mild frosts; protect young plants from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate

About

Hakea leucoptera subsp. sericipes is a small tree with cylinder-shaped leaves and clusters of up to forty-five white fragrant flowers. It is found in northwestern New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia.

Where it grows

Subspecies sericipes is found usually growing in coarse, heavier soils in New South Wales west of the Great Dividing Range and contiguous plains, either as an individual tree or thickets of underbrush shrubs. Also in southern and central Queensland. In dryer areas of central Western Australia.

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 leucoptera subsp. sericipes 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.

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