Botanical Name
Banksia spinulosa ‘Birthday Candles’
Common Name
Birthday Candles Banksia
Description
Birthday Candles is a delightful dwarf banksia cultivar renowned for its golden-yellow flower spikes and extremely compact form that makes spectacular banksias perfect for the smallest gardens. This charming cultivar produces cylindrical flower spikes up to 8cm long in bright golden tones that attract honeyeaters and other nectar-feeding birds while maintaining a neat, rounded growth habit ideal for containers and borders. The narrow, linear leaves with distinctive spiny margins provide attractive evergreen foliage year-round in miniature form. Extremely hardy and drought tolerant once established, it thrives in well-drained soils and full sun positions. Perfect for small gardens, containers, rockeries, and areas where the spectacular beauty of native banksias is desired in a manageable compact package.
Plant Category
Small Shrubs
Size (H x W)
Height: 50cm-1 meter, Spread: 50cm-1 meter
Banksia spinulosa ‘Birthday Candles’ is a compact cultivar of the species naturally occurring along the eastern coast of Australia, thriving in well-drained sandy soils with excellent drainage and full sun exposure.
Cultural SIgnificance
Based on the native Banksia spinulosa (Hairpin Banksia), this cultivar continues the tradition of banksias being important nectar sources for Aboriginal peoples and native wildlife, with the woody seed pods having traditional uses for tools and containers.
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