Friday, June 8, 2012

Creeping Banksias

The flower heads of banksias remain still attractive months and months after flowering. In this days my Banksia petiolaris shows all her beauty displaying huge inflorescence. From the top it is possible to admire the pink color of the anthers. Despite the low temperatures of the past winter the flower buds were not damaged.
Bansia petiolaris

Banksia petiolaris, details of the anthers






Banksia blechnifolia prefers this spring to concentrate in new branches, with warm pastel discoloration and plenty of fine hairs. But the past inflorescence are still impressive.
Bansia blechniifolia, new growth 2012.

Bansia blechniifolia flower head 2011

1 comment:

  1. Nicely grown. Where did you find seeds to grow these lovely species?

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