Hakea salicifolia
Willow-leaved hakea · also Willow-leaf hakea, Willow hakea, Finger hakea
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Hakea salicifolia is an adaptable, fast-growing small tree or shrub with attractive linear-elliptic leathery green leaves and clusters of cream or yellow scented flowers. Native to eastern Australia, it thrives in well-drained, sunny locations, including sclerophyll forests and rainforest edges. While sometimes planted as an ornamental or for hedging, it can be invasive in other regions.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 850.06%—3.8 in
No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.
Traits
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 15 ft
- Canopy spread
- 10 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Sun
- Full sun
- Soil
- Well-drained
- Water needs
- Low
- Drought tolerance
- Low
- Wildlife value
- Moderate
- Blooms
- Jan, Feb, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
Trunk diameters across every city: median 3.8 in, mean 3.9 in, 90th percentile 5.6 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Other Hakea in the catalogue
7 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
