Banksia robur
Swamp Banksia
Swamp Banksia is a spreading shrub to 2.5m tall, although can get a little larger in cultivation. It has very large, leathery tough green leaves with serrated margins up to 30 cm long. The new growth is colourful, with shades of red, maroon or brown with a dense felt-like covering of brown hairs. It has large flower spikes, up to 15cm high and 5 to 6cm wide, are metallic green with pinkish styles in bud, becoming cream-yellow and fading to golden-brown in the golden stage.
Contributed by @jennylee
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Full sun to partial shade
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Frequent watering
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Not Frost hardy
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Moist and free draining
Common name
Swamp Banksia
Latin name
Banksia robur
type
Trees or Shrubs
family
Proteaceae
ph
5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Not Frost hardy
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Soil
Moist and free draining
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Water
Frequent watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
2.00 M
2.50 M
Banksia robur
Swamp Banksia is a spreading shrub to 2.5m tall, although can get a little larger in cultivation. It has very large, leathery tough green leaves with serrated margins up to 30 cm long. The new growth is colourful, with shades of red, maroon or brown with a dense felt-like covering of brown hairs. It has large flower spikes, up to 15cm high and 5 to 6cm wide, are metallic green with pinkish styles in bud, becoming cream-yellow and fading to golden-brown in the golden stage.
Autumn-winter flowering
From Early Autumn TO Mid Winter
Flowering is in autumn, or in winter in cooler areas; the inflorescences are flower spikes 7–22 cm high and 5 cm broad.
Planting young plants
From Early Spring TO Early Spring
The plant is fairly easy to grow in a mediterranean climate with good drainage and a light (sandy) soil;
jennylee
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