Golden Candlesticks
Shrub 1.5 to 3m
Description:
Low spreading shrub with spectacular yellow-green cylindrical flower spikes to 15cm tall. Flowers Autumn-Spring
Natural Habitat: Wallum, Eucalypt Forest
Aspect: Full Sun / Filtered Sun
Soil/Conditions: Adaptable
Special Features:
• Bird Attracting
• Glider Attracting
• Possum Attracting
• Aboriginal Food Source
• Fantastic garden shrub
Garden Styles:
- Cottage garden
- Native Coastal
- Birds and Butterflies
- Gardening for Biodiversity
- Austral Desert
Extra information:
Australian National Botanic garden – Aboriginal Plant Use Trail
Banksia spp. (Banksias)
The flower-cones were soaked in water in bark or wooden containers to extract the nectar to make sweet drinks. Early settlers called banksias ‘honeysuckles’.