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Helpful articles
Top ten native plants. Native plant specialist Angus Stewart's top ten native Australian plants.
Bulletproof landscape plants. Not all plants are equal. Many require the soil and climate (amongst other things) to be 'just right'. The plants described in this article are the ones that deserve the title of 'bulletproof' and are a good starting point for an easy-care garden.
Attracting fauna to your garden. This article explains how you can attract native australian wildlife to your garden.
Planning your garden. Learn how to design a garden using a step-by-step approach.
Plant description
Banksia serrata 'Pygmy Possum' is an evergreen groundcovering shrub with glossy green serrated leaves. It has silvery buds opening to yellow cylindrical flowers which are attractive to birds other nectar feeders. It is a prostrate form of Old Man Banksia, and has lovely arching branches and a dense growth habit. A great rockery or bank plant, and is also good in a large pot. It grows in well drained soil, from clay to sandy. It likes sun or part shade, and is frost and salt tolerant.
Further reading: Growing Banksias (an article written by native plant expert Angus Stewart).
Additional plant information
Flowers
Flower colour: yellow
Flowering season: autumn winter
Plant size
Maximum height: 0.6 metres
Minimum height: 0.6 metres
Maximum width: 2.5 metres
Minimum width: 2.5 metres
Sunlight, frost & salt tolerance
This plant will tolerate full or partial sunlight.
Light frost tolerance.
Plant is salt tolerant.
Fauna attracting?
Yes. Attracts: birds.
Climate
This plant species will grow in the following climates: temperate, subtropical.
Soil types & conditions
Loam: dry, moist, well-drained.
Clay: not suitable.
Sand: dry, moist, well-drained.
Miscellaneous information
Native to: Australia.
Planting season: Any.
Types of fertiliser: Good native fertiliser.
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