| Positive | kennedyh | On Jun 11, 2003, kennedyh from Churchill, Victoria
(Australia)
(Zone 10a) wrote:Yellow Hakea is a large spreading shrub, which usually grows in damp sandy soils. The leaves are short and needle-like, but although sharp pointed, they are soft and not much of a barrier. The pale yellow flowers are in dense clusters in the leaf axils. Although quite small, the flowers are so abundant that they still give quite a show, when the shrub is in full flower. The flowers are fragrant, although the fragrance may not be to everyone's liking, having been described as like fresh seaweed!
Like all Hakeas, the seed are in hard woody capsules, which are held on the shrub indefinitely, but which open a few days after picking to release two winged seeds. In this species, the capsules are covered in rounded protuberances, giving rise to the name nodosa.
I have this plant growing well in my garden and flowering and setting fruit regularly. It has spread its branches through and among all the surrounding shrubs.
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