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Hakea cinera

11 years ago

This is Hakea cinera, or 'ash-leafed' hakea; a tough, though slow growing small bush to around 2 to 2'5 metres in height from around Esperance in Western Australia. It's preference is dryish, sandy soils but is doing ok in my red, sandy to clayish sub-soil - I keep it a bit on the dry side, however. I planted it as a tube-stock specimen back in 2011 and like a few other W. A. natives am a bit surprised at its adaptability. This is it's first flower.

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  • 11 years ago

    That's a nice looking Hakea. We only have the one species here, a white one. Plants from the southern coast of WA are better adapted to wetter and heavier soils than those from further inland and along the west coast. It's very much a maritime climate and quite wet for a lot of the year.

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