General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9b -3.9 °C (25 °F) to -1.1 °C (30 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 5 to 50 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Fruit: Other: Large, woody pods.
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Other: Creamy, greenish-yellow to grayish-yellow.
Bloom Size: 5"-6"
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Flowering Tree
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Resistances: Drought tolerant

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Common names
  • Old Man Banksia
  • Saw Banksia
  • Red Honeysuckle
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Banksia serrata
  • Synonym: Banksia media

Photo Gallery
Location: UCSC Arboretum, Santa Cruz, California
Date: 2018-02-02

Photo courtesy of: Leon Brooks
Location: Villa Durazzo-Pallavicini, Genova Pegli, Italia
Date: 2014-04-13
Photo courtesy of: Hectonichus
Location: A saw banksia/old man banksia flowering cone (Banksia serrata), as seen from above. Photographed in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia
Date: 2009-06-05
Photo courtesy of:  Bjorn Christian Torrissen

Photo courtesy of:  Kurt Stuber
Location: Broadwater National Park in northern en:New South Wales 
Photo courtesy of: Gnangarra
Location: Adule female Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo feeding on Banksia serrata, Rocky Cape National Park, Tasmania, Australia
Date: 2007-02-12
Photo courtesy of:  twiddleblat
Location: Kirrawee, Australia
Photo courtesy of:  Cas Liber

photo credit: James Gaither
Location: Banksia serrata reshooting from lignotuber after fire, Lane Cove National Park
Date: 2012-12-16
Photo courtesy of:  Casliber
Location: Longwood Gardens, 1001 Longwood Rd, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, USA.
Date: 2014-12-17
Photo courtesy of:  Daderot
Location: Banksia serrata, shooting from epicormic buds after fire, Booti Booti National Park sth of Forster-Tuncurry
Date: 2013-05-23
Photo courtesy of:  Casliber
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