I have grown it and found it easy to grow. In a good draining sandy soil it really appreciated extra water and got to3-4m quikcly and flowered within about 4...
PS: I am in Sydney and do not get frosts here but I suspect it does where it comes from Cas ... From: hakeas@yahoogroups.com [mailto:hakeas@yahoogroups.com] On...
Hi all Thanks Cas I have five seedlings to play with, separated them today but are very healthy and seemed to like the hot humid environment in my shadehouse ...
Hi Scott I don't have any experience with hakea archaeoides but I have planted and propagated well over a hundred of salicifolia - the leaves look similar but ...
Hi, I live in the U.S. and recently saw a photo of a beautiful flower arrangement we would like to use for my niece's wedding in August 2007. Unfortunately,...
Dear all, the (formerly Mt Annan) autumn Grevillea Study Group plant sale is on again - a great opportunity to pick up rare and unusual native plants. ...
Dear Hakea group, I'm a student at Burnley Hort. college in Melbourne and am studying the Hakea genus for an assignment. I wonder if any of you can help me....
You need to contact an academic who specialises in the protea family. Such a person might be able to tell you or put you in contact with someone who does know....
I checked the Flora of Australia Volume 17B last night which states ''the genus Hakea was described in December 1797 by Schrader and Wendland (1797). It was...
Hi Pascale, I found the following in the book "Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae Family", by John W. Wrigley...
Dear all, Thank you for your responses and suggestions. Here's a summary of findings! Following Ian Radfords suggestion I tried tracking down Alex George ...
Thanks Pascale for having the courtesy to get back to us. Botany has an interesting history. I take it that we can continue calling them Hakeas rather than...
Hi Ian, I understand with the 1797 dating of the Type description Hakea glabra (now H. teretifolia) we can safely refer to them as Hakea rather than Conchium...
Hi, I have spoked with people involved with the molecular studies on Hakea, Grevillea and Finschia. From what I was told, Finschia definitely lies within...
Hello Hakeas, The mention of 'Finschia' intrigued me - never heard of them - apparently a Papua New Guinea and south pacific species.... while googling it I...
Thanks very much for posting this ant. I had long been curious about the apparent anomaly of things like Lomatias being in both Australia and South America and...
Hi all, much to my surprise and delight, my Hakea Bucculenta has just produced its first magnificent flower. I've had some heartbreaks with this species over...
Good work Bill. It is very satisfying to get something difficult to the flowering stage. Now you can move on to new challenges! ... From: billby01 To:...
Thanks Ian! Yes I persisted with this one because it looked so great in photos. Being in Adelaide I had never seen one in the flesh, so I had to grow my own! ...
Bill H bucculenta, among other WA hakeas, do very well where we live in the Central Tablelands of NSW. Mine are full grown and usually flower in spring. This...
I also have a H multilineata that does very well in Melbourne, although I think that H. laurina puts on the best display of my WA Hakeas. ... From: Des & Jan...
Hi Jan, it's obviously not as humid as Sydney where you are then. Adelaide's dry climate is pretty well suited to the WA species as well, but the soil isn't....
Bill H crassinervia is a WA hakea thought to be extinct in the wild. It was found that Burrendong Arboretum, which is about 60 km from here as the crow flies,...
Jan, how lucky was that!. Is Burrendong Beauty the only example of crassinervia left? ... was ... the ... identified ... high ... because ... started ... ...
Bill I may be wrong, but I think I remember reading that Burrendong Beauty is actually a hybrid and not a species. Cheers Ian ... From: billby01 To:...
Bill I haven't heard anything to the contrary Regards Jan billby01 wrote: Is Burrendong Beauty the only example of ... Des & Jan Howard Lue Pottery Lue NSW ...
Ian Yes, there is a question about the true identity of H 'Burrendong Beauty'. Wrigley in 'Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas, 1988' states that the identity was...
Ian, thats what I thought at first. Usually plants with special names are are hybrids or sports. cheers Bill ... Beauty is actually a hybrid and not a species....
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