Originally discovered on a windblown point of land along the southern coast of New South Wales, Banksia spinulosa 'Schnapper Point', commonly known as the Koala Blooms Banksia, is a compact, low-growing evergreen shrub/tree native to eastern Australia.
This plant grows with a dense, rounded, and slightly prostrate habit, typically maturing to 2–4 feet tall and 4–5 feet wide, has needle-like green leaves, but is not a conifer, although it resembles one. Happy in full-sun & semi-drought resistant, this plant should do well in so. california.
Since it blooms during what we call winter (Australian summer), producing large, cylindrical flower spikes (up to 40 cm long) in golden to bright yellow, often tipped with black, purple, or red styles, it will be appreciated even more.
As with all of our little trees, you can access his Photo/History page @ Koala Blooms or from the Tree Inventory menu on the r-hand side of the page.