John
#Banksia serrata is excellent as a large potted plant. The rough stem, serrated bright green leaves and the huge flowering cones (smelling of butterscotch) that persist with large seed follicles.
#Bloomscrolling #ProteaceaeInPots #PottedPlants
These candles burn from the bottom up.
Before and after... π«£ Pruned back the #Banksia solandri after its annual stint as our Christmas tree. #ProteaceaeInPots #gardeningau
@dizzy Be fastidious with clean plastic pots if you're growing Western Australian #Banksia . They are very prone to phytopthora root rot. I soak used plastic pots in bleach solution. I also spray phosphoric acid on the foliage every 6 months or so (can get at hardware in pesticides section). Good luck! #ProteaceaeInPots
#Banksia serrata (old man banksia) with a massive grey cylinder of flowers about to start opening from the base upwards.
This is a good one to grow in a large pot. Being from the east coast of Australia it is more tolerant of a frequently moist growing medium. Broken pot from when it got blown over earlier this year.
#Banksia flowers at various stages of development #ProteaceaeInPots #containergardening #bloomscrolling
And the current potted blooming star is #Banksia prionotes, the acorn banksia. Several incomplete flowering cones this year. I probably let the pot get too dry at critical times. Still spectacular though. #BloomScrolling #ProteaceaeInPots #pots #ozplants 2/2
Some developing #Banksia flowering cones in the pot plant collection #ProteaceaeInPots #BloomScrolling #ozplants 1/2