Hakea salicifolia Fine Leaf Pot Size:300mm

Hakea salicifolia Fine Leaf Pot Size:300mmHakea saligna Fine Leaf is a large evergreen native shrub or small tree with fine, narrow, pointed green leaves and rosy pink new growth. White, mildly scented flowers appear in profusion from late winter through to spring. It is an excellent small tree, informal screen or bushy shrub that can be used as a stand alone feature. An annual prune will ensure it remains thick and bushy. Soil: Tolerates most soil types, so long as they are well drained.

Bibiani is ideal as a screen

It features dense

water in well with a liquid seaweed fertiliser and mulch with a fine pine bark mulch

White flowers in early spring are followed by large firm conical dark purple blackberries

The olive tree makes a very attractive specimen in containers and courtyard areas

frost and drought hardy

Take care: The fronds are quite spiky

upright shrub is an ideal accent plant when clipped to shape or left to grow naturally and is excellent for breaking up low or horizontal planting schemes

it performs best in partial to full shade with regular watering

Size: 2–6m H x 2–4m W

rewarding gardeners with year-round visual interest and texture

New growth emerges a bronze-orange colour in spring turning green with age but often retaining a red-orange flush