Grevillea banksii alba - white silky oak
Big bold native, the parent of many favourite Grevillea varieties, and often found in coastal locations in the wild which makes white silky oak a great front-line beach garden plant. Large creamy-white flowers appear in winter-spring.
If you're looking for brown silky oak you want Grevillea baileyana, and for silky oak Grevillea robusta.
Grevillea banksii alba - white silky oak
APPEARANCE: Large bushy variable shrub or sometimes small tree, with silvery-green leaves, and cream-white large flowers mainly in winter-spring and intermittently through the year.
USE FOR : Feature shrub, native gardens, informal hedging, wildlife gardens to attract native birds. Ideal coastal garden plant.
PLANTING : Well drained neutral-acid pH soil, sandy for preference. Tolerates dry spells but needs protection from frosts.
CARE: Cut back gently if needed to keep it in shape. Feed with a slow release native fertiliser during early spring when buds form - banksii grevilleas are phosphorus-sensitive so the P ratio of the fertiliser needs to be under 3%.
HEIGHT & WIDTH: 3 m H x 2 m W.
YOUR PLANTS : These are tubestock plants, healthy young plants with new roots that will establish quickly in your garden. The pot size is 80mm high and 42 mm wide.
You can see an example in the image gallery.
What is tubestock?
| Plants For State | ACT,NSW,NT,QLD,SA,TAS,VIC,WA |
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| In Stock | more than 12 weeks |
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