... Because it is dense and fast growing it makes a good hedge or screen and this species makes a particularly good barrier plant because of the prickly foliage. Growth rate fast. Hakea salicifolia is fast growing and makes fantastic hedges and screen, responds well to regular pruning to create a more formal hedge. Screening Plants – Hakea salicifolia. ... 130 species including the popular Salicifolia. For the rear fence Hakea salicifolia, also know as the Willow Leafed Hakea, was chosen as the screening plant. Hakea salicifolia. Young shoots have sparse silky hairs or may be totally hairless. Width 2.5-3.5m. Common Name: Willow Leaf Hakea. Origin: NSW, QLD. Hardy to drought and moderate-heavy frost. Hakea salicifolia 'Willow Leaf Hakea' Origin: NSW. Common Names. It … The flowers start out green, and the spikes turn a beautiful tangerine, sort of rosy pink. Full sun to part shade. Care: Prune after flowering to maitain compact growth. Quick Screen & Habitat: Hakea salicifolia. Smaller branches are smooth with obvious dark red longitudinal ribbing. As it will tolerate a partly shaded position, it is ideal for growing along a fence line. Evergreen. Often used as rootstock for grafting other Hakea species. Uses: informal screen, street tree, shade tree, windbreak Growth rate: average Tasmanian provenance. There are over 150 named species in the genus. Very drought tolerant. Hakea bucculenta commonly known as Red Pokers is a magnificent shrub from Western Australia. Medium to tall shrub with pale green prickly foliage and white flowers in winter. Jul 14, 2020 - Hakea, or often referred to as needlewoods, corkwoods, pincushion, cricket ball or frog Hakea, is a member of the Proteaceae family and its close relatives include Grevillea, Banksia, Dryandra, Isopogon and Telopea. Uses: Screen, Windbreak. This is the Willow Leafed Hakea or Hakea salicifolia, friend to Hakea sericea, the reason I think they are friends is that they have a lot in common, plus they were growing so happily together when I took these photos as you can see in the image below. Position: Full sun to part shade. Supplying in both 30cm & 40cm pots.Hedging plants are proving to be a popular landscape choice with smaller backyards and to soften the hard landscape. Grows well in slightly alkaline soils, inland or frontline coastal situations. Hakea salicifolia is a fast-growing upright shrub or small tree to 3–5 m (10–20 ft) tall. Requires well-drained soils in full sun. Peninsula Advanced Trees grow a variety of species suitable for hedging/screening. Use for screen, windbreak, shade and specimen. Under the right conditions it will be fast growing and will screen out the neighbours very quickly. Hakea suaveolens syn Hakea drupacea Sweet-scented Hakea photo Melburnian. Cultural notes: A hardy and reliable fast growing plant, suitable for most soils and climates.Particularly suited to temperate and sub-tropical areas. For a plant, this means it will have to work harder for its roots to grow through the soil, compaction in the soil will exclude air from the roots, and waterlogging can cause the roots to rot and kill the plant. Very frost tolerant. New growth is tinted purple. A medium to tall shrub with attractive, willo like leaves and a mass of white flowers from late winter to spring. Good informal screen or windbreak and bird refuge. It prefers well drained soils in full sun or shade. Any soils - wet or dry. Very compact rounded shrub 2.5-3.5m height. Very wind firm. Flowers from late winter to spring Pokers is a magnificent shrub from Western Australia cultural notes a. 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