"6 to 8 feet" isn't really a tree. Here's a few medium to large shrubs that you can "limb up" to create a multi-trunked tree look; although they'll want to get taller than 8 feet, you can keep them at 8 with creative pruning: Acca (Feijoa) sellowiana PINEAPPLE GUAVA Arbutus unedo 'Compacta' STRAWBERRY TREE Arctostaphylos ÂAustin Griffiths AUSTIN GRIFFITHS MANZANITA Arctostaphylos densiflora ÂHarmony HARMONY MANZANITA Arctostaphylos manzanita ÂDr. Hurd DR. HURD MANZANITA Arctostaphylos pajaroensis ÂParadise PAJARO MANZANITA Banksia ashbyi ASHBYÂS BANKSIA Banksia brownii FEATHER-LEAD BANKSIA Banksia coccinea SCARLET BANKSIA Banksia menziesii RASPBERRY FROST Callistemon citrinus ÂMauve Mist M. M. BOTTLEBRUSH Callistemon citrinus LEMON BOTTLEBRUSH Callistemon phoeniceus LESSER BOTTLEBRUSH Callistemon rigidus STIFF BOTTLEBRUSH Callistemon salignus WHITE BOTTLEBRUSH Cercis occidentalis WESTERN REDBUD Comarostaphylis diversifolia SUMMER HOLLY Cotinus coggygria SMOKETREE Escallonia laevis PINK ESCALLONIA Escallonia x exoniensis ÂBalfouriÂ, ÂFrades HYBRID ESCALLONIA Grevillea asplenifolia FERN-LEAF GREVILLEA Grevillea ÂHoneygemÂ, ÂIvanhoeÂ, ÂLong JohnÂ, ÂPoorinda BlondieÂ, ÂRed HooksÂ, HYBRID GREVILLEA Grevillea hookeriana TOOTHBRUSH GREVILLEA Grevillea olivacea OLIVE-LEAF GREVILLEA Grevillea victoriae ÂMurray Valley Queen M. V. Q. GREVILLEA Hakea arachaeoides SPIDER HAKEA Hakea bucculenta HOT POKERS Hakea francisiana PINK SPIKE HAKEA Hakea laurina SEA URCHIN, PINCUSHION TREE Leptospermum lanigerum WOOLY TEA TREE Leptospermum polygalifolium ÂYarra River RED SPIRE TEA TREE Leptospermum scoparium ÂHelene StrybingÂ, ÂKeatleyiÂ, ÂPink DamaskÂ, ÂPink PearlÂ, NEW ZEALAND TEA TREE Leucospermum reflexum RED ROCKET Melaleuca armillaris FEATHERY MELALEUCA Melaleuca bracteata WHITE CLOUD TREE Melaleuca decussata LILAC MELALEUCA Melaleuca elliptica GRANITE BOTTLEBRUSH Melaleuca ericifolia HEATH BOTTLEBRUSH Melaleuca hypericifolia HILLOCK BUSH Melaleuca nesophila PINK MELALEUCA Pinus contorta contorta SHORE PINE Pittosporum crassifolium KARO Pittosporum eugenioides TARATA Pittosporum tenuifolium KOHUHU, TAWHIWI Prunus illicifolia HOLLYLEAF CHERRY Psidium cattleianum STRAWBERRY GUAVA Regelia velutina BARRENS REGELIA Rhaphiolepis ÂMajestic Beauty (multi) M. B. INDIAN HAWTHORNE Viburnum suspensum SANDANKWA Xylosma congestum SHINY XYLOSMA Joe

So glad you got it to work. That photo is fantastic! Please post more when you can, I know that your gardens must be beautiful.

Well, Yeah, Look, I agree, but: I have planted here in the most eastern part of the continent (a few kilometres north of Byron Bay), Banksia coccinea, and, despite all the advice to the contrary, not only has it thrived, and still is during this summer of high humity, it has flowered (see the picture I posted, or had posted by a friend - probably now on the second or third page). Recommendations for WA Banksias is that they grow on a subbasis of limestone. Now, I tried that on my first coccinea and it failed! This second, and, so far surviving one, I bought from Bunnings and just stuck in the ground, watered in as per expert advice for establishing natives, and forgot it - survive or die, I thought, I was experimenting. It is Banksia coccinea 'Waites Flame'. I dunno if the Waites' propagators (in S.A.) interferred with the genetic code or whatever, but mine, in well drained volcanic (red) soil is thriving even despite our summer humidity. Maybe it's global warming! Maybe it'll die next year! I dunno, I'll see how long it survives.

Jane, I had a Banksia coccinea for a few years in the same general district as you. It never flowered. It did not die of root rot, but my soil is alkaline and it was always affected by an iron deficiency. I stopped feeding its expensive dependency and it yellowed with some branches dying before I finished it off. I have another young WA banksia (can't remember the species)in the same part of the garden, which is alkaline-tolerant and successful in Sydney. Not as showy as the B. coccinea, but so far so good. Your soil is probably alkaline too. You might have better luck with WA hakeas. I have several although the Pin cushion Hakea is going to get the chop soon because it is diseased (black leaves, dying branches). Try Hakea cinerea - mine is in flower right now, quite pretty yellow flowers aging to orange. Also H. victoriae. I can give you a seedling of that if you want (just to second leaf stage, just recented propagated from one in my garden).