Persoonia pinifolia

Scientific name: Persoonia pinifolia

Author: R.Br.

Common name: Pine-leaved Geebung

Family: Proteaceae

Location

The yellow-flowering Persoonias (Geebungs or Snotty Gobbles) comprise about a tenth of the large Proteaceae family. They are only found in  Australia. The Pine-leaved Geebung occurs around the Sydney region of New South Wales, from Broken Bay to Royal National Park and the lower Blue Mountains. You can see it flowering in Bed 14b on the Terrace Garden, near the Education Centre and in Beds 157 and 158 at the Banksia Garden.

 
The Pine-leaved Geebung is one of the best Geebungs for cultivation, often flowering from the New Year through to August and followed by interesting purplish olive-like fruit. It is a good hedge or screen plant, responding well to clipping, and is suitable for temperate and subtropical areas, being able to withstand quite heavy frosts. In the wild it grows on sandstone in dry eucalypt forest and heath, but will adapt to a range of sandy or clay soils, as long as there is good drainage.