Basket Flower
The Basket Flower is an easy-to-grow, medium shrub with red-orange flowers.
Noongar Name: Unknown
Scientific Name: Adenanthos obovatus
Performance: Easy to grow
Size: Medium shrub with a maximum height 1.5m
Flower: Orange-red
Flowering Time: Djeran – Birak (May-Dec)
Natural Distribution: Grows locally in the Perth region
- Adenanthos obovatus (CC BY-NC 4.0) Cheryl Macaulay
- Adenanthos obovatus (CC BY-NC 4.0) Bryce Van der Heide
Growing at a Glance
See Growing Guide for more detail
Position: Adaptable to sunny and light-shade positions
Watering: A waterwise, drought-hardy plant.
Feeding: Fertiliser not required.
Pruning: Tip pruning a couple of times a year.
Growing Guide
Invited Guests
This provides habitat for Invertebrates, Birds, Frogs, and Mammals
- Habitat and Food for Invertebrates
- Habitat and Food for Birds
- Habitat for Frogs
- Habitat and Food for Mammals