Banksia 'Giant Candles'
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Banksia 'Giant Candles' is a registered Banksia
cultivar
. It is a hybrid between the Gosford
form of B. ericifolia
(Heath-leaved Banksia) and a form of B. spinulosa var. cunninghamii
.
It grows to 5 metres high and wide and has large orange vertical spikes to 35cm high in autumn, though they do have a habit of drooping or bending occasionally. Russell Costin of Limpinwood Nursery, who originally propagated and registered it in the 1970s, has reported its popularity waned for a few years but has become more popular in the last 5-10 years again. Angus Stewart
reported it to be iron
hungry, so treat yellowing with iron chelate
or iron sulfate
.
Banksia
Banksia is a genus of around 170 species in the plant family Proteaceae. These Australian wildflowers and popular garden plants are easily recognised by their characteristic flower spikes and fruiting "cones" and heads. When it comes to size, banksias range from prostrate woody shrubs to trees up...
cultivar
Cultivar
A cultivar'Cultivar has two meanings as explained under Formal definition. When used in reference to a taxon, the word does not apply to an individual plant but to all those plants sharing the unique characteristics that define the cultivar. is a plant or group of plants selected for desirable...
. It is a hybrid between the Gosford
Gosford, New South Wales
Gosford is a city located on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia, approximately 76 km north of the Sydney central business district...
form of B. ericifolia
Banksia ericifolia
Banksia ericifolia, the Heath-leaved Banksia , is a species of woody shrub of the Proteaceae family native to Australia. It grows in two separate regions of Central and Northern New South Wales east of the Great Dividing Range...
(Heath-leaved Banksia) and a form of B. spinulosa var. cunninghamii
Banksia spinulosa var. cunninghamii
Banksia spinulosa var. cunninghamii, sometimes given species rank as Banksia cunninghamii, is a shrub that grows along the east coast of Australia, in Victoria and New South Wales...
.
It grows to 5 metres high and wide and has large orange vertical spikes to 35cm high in autumn, though they do have a habit of drooping or bending occasionally. Russell Costin of Limpinwood Nursery, who originally propagated and registered it in the 1970s, has reported its popularity waned for a few years but has become more popular in the last 5-10 years again. Angus Stewart
Angus Stewart
Angus Stewart is an Australian horticulturist, gardening author and TV presenter on Gardening Australia. He is especially interested in Native Plants, and has been heavily involved in breeding of Kangaroo paws....
reported it to be iron
Iron
Iron is a chemical element with the symbol Fe and atomic number 26. It is a metal in the first transition series. It is the most common element forming the planet Earth as a whole, forming much of Earth's outer and inner core. It is the fourth most common element in the Earth's crust...
hungry, so treat yellowing with iron chelate
Iron chelate
Iron chelate, also known as chelated iron, is a soluble complex of iron, sodium and a chelating agent such as ethylenediaminetetraacetate , EDDHA, or others, used to make the iron soluble in water and, for the purposes of agriculture, accessible to plants.It is encountered as a dark brownish...
or iron sulfate
Iron(II) sulfate
Iron sulfate or ferrous sulfate is the chemical compound with the formula FeSO4. Known since ancient times as copperas and as green vitriol, the blue-green heptahydrate is the most common form of this material...
.