Why are banksia flowers so big? I've long admired those huge cones, run my hands over their almost-plastic perfection, marvelled at their fabulous geometry and great colour combinations, but I had ...
You might not build a scene around it, but when you need an oddball character for a garden role, try a banksia. Among Australian plants at home in California, they are one of the strangest, with ...
Banksias produce extraordinary blossom spikes: an elongated inflorescence comprised of hundreds or even thousands of tightly packed flowers attached at right angles to a woody axis. The stunning ...
Banksia enthusiasts Kevin and Kathy Collins run the world’s only complete banksia arboretum but getting the entire collection was no easy task. KEVIN COLLINS HAS loved banksias ever since he was a ...
In the early 20th century, May Gibbs gave banksias a bad rap — the Big Bad Banksia Men in her Gumnut stories have terrified generations of Australian children. A decade later, Margaret Preston focused ...
The elegant banksia flowers grow profusely around Ravensthorpe, in the southwest of Western Australia. Now they have been immortalised in eye-catching flower portraits, as part of a project run over ...
The colour, textures and variety of banksia species is fascinating. Banksias are found right across Australia, with the greatest diversity in the south-west of WA. You’ll find most of the WA species ...
Our EcoCheck series takes the pulse of some of Australia’s most important ecosystems to find out if they’re in good health or on the wane. Western Australia’s iconic Banksia woodlands are the ...
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