Banksia 'Giant Candles'

Infobox Cultivar | name = "Banksia" 'Giant Candles'

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hybrid = "Banksia ericifolia" × "B. spinulosa" var. "cunninghamii"
cultivar = 'Giant Candles'
origin = Sylvia E Peach, Sunnybank Hills, Queensland, 1979

"Banksia" 'Giant Candles' is a registered "Banksia" cultivar. It is a hybrid between the Gosford form of "B. ericifolia" (Heath-leaved Banksia) and a form of "B. spinulosa" var. "cunninghamii".

It grows to 5 metres high and wide and has large orange vertical spikes to 35cm high in autumn, though they do have a habit of drooping or bending occasionally. Russell Costin of Limpinwood Nursery, who originally propagated and registered it in the 1970s, has reported its popularity waned for a few years but has become more popular in the last 5-10 years again. Angus Stewart reported it to be iron hungry, so treat yellowing with iron chelate or iron sulfate.

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