Family Index

Scientific Name

Banksia serrata

Family Name

PROTEACEAE

Common Name

Saw Banksia

Status

Rare

Height

15.0m (1500cm)

Flowers

Flower spikes large up to 20cm long,10cm wide,flowers pale yellow to golden.

Fruit

Seed follicles clustered in woody cones

Form

Tall shrub in poor soils or gnarled branching tree.

Municipalities

Burnie; Dorset; Flinders Island; Waratah-Wynyard

Communities

Coastal Vegetation; Dry Eucalypt Forest and Woodland

Habitat Notes

Very local at Sisters Hill, Rocky Cape, where it forms woodlands and extends into the understorey of dry sclerophyll forest.

Site Tolerance

Dry; Exposed; Rocky

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

Soil Tolerance

Clay; Phosphorous intolerant; Poor; Sandy; Well-drained

General Notes

Resistant to wildlife browsing due to its unpalatability. A prostrate form is available (grow from cuttings.) Bird attracting. Not suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

Jan

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Mar

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May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Collecting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Sowing Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Cutting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Ripe capsules hard and woody appearing as furry bulges on the sides of old cones. seeds large, winged

Seed Treatment Method

Standard

Seed Storage Life

Short

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Seed is short-lived once extracted from the cone. When cut in half, viable seed is white and firm and non-viable seed brownish and brittle or pliable.

Germination Time

3-4 weeks

Suitable for Direct Seeding

Yes

Cuttings

Expected Time to Take Root

6-8 weeks

Expected Time to Plant Out

6 months

Propagation by Division N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.

Cutting Notes

No need to use cuttings as seed is easy.