Description:
Photographer: Rod Parsons
Photographer: Rod Parsons
Banksia ericifolia 'Golden Girl'
- File Number
- 1346
- ACRA Field Book Number
- 1346
- Registration Date
- 04/11/2010
- Application Received
- 09/06/2010
- Family
- Proteaceae
- Cultivar Name
- Banksia ericifolia 'Golden Girl'
- Origin
- This selection was chosen due to its flower colour from a garden plant raised by seed.
- Characteristics
- Fairly dense, medium shrub 1.5m to 1.8mH x 1.5mW, flowers golden yellow, 200mm x 120mm diameter, April-Sep. Leaves (foliage colour and size): Blue-Green 2mm x 15mm long Years in cultivation: The cultivar has been tested since introduction in 2003 to various nurseries thoughout Australia The foliage of 'Golden Girl' is a more blue-grey than most ericifolia forms, the often hidden flowers are large, squat and golden yellow. Very erect and ascending foliage habit. Comparators: Banksia ericifolia 'Red Rover' has smaller leaves and red flowers.
- Cultivation
- Grows best in well drained moist soils. Best in a sunny site but will tolerate some shade. It responds well to light pruning and reasonably frost hardy
- Publication
- Hort Journal Australia March 2023 Vol 15 Issue 8 P.41; RHS Cultivar Registration Bulletin 2 (2022), p29;
- Colour Coding
- RHS Colour Chart 1995 Flowers: middle ca 18A Base: variable 175B Leaves: 139A
- Propagation
- Cuttings from semi-firm new growth
- Applicant Name
- R Parsons
- Uses
- As part of a mass planting or mixed in a shrubbery, or as a spectacular feature plant. Attracts nectar feeding birds.
- Availability
- Specialist native plant nurseries
- ANBG Accession Numbers
- -
- NSL ID
- -