Botanical Name
Banksia nivea
Common Name
Honeypot Dryandra
Description
Honeypot Dryandra is a small, mounding shrub featuring unique orange-cream, cup-like flowers and striking mid-green, fern-like foliage with a silvery underside. Flowering from winter to spring, it attracts birds to the garden. It thrives in full sun and well-drained sandy soils, and is drought and frost tolerant once established.
Plant Category
Banksia
Size (H x W)
1 m × 1 m
Habitat
Banksia nivea naturally occurs in southwestern Western Australia, thriving in sandy, well-drained soils with excellent drainage and full sun exposure in Mediterranean-type climates with low rainfall.
Cultural SIgnificance
Traditionally valued by Aboriginal peoples for its nectar-rich flowers which provided a sweet food source, and as part of the diverse Dryandra group that was important to the traditional landscape and cultural practices of southwestern Australia.
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