Hakea elliptica

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Read about Hakea elliptica in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Hakea elliptica, R. Br. Fig. 1781.Erect shrub, 6-15 ft.: lvs. oval or elliptic, nearly sessile, 2-3 ½ in. long, 1-1 ½ in. wide, undulate-margined; veins 5-7, parallel, connected by cross- veinlets: fls. white, in globose sessile clusters: fr. ovoid, 1-1 ¼ in. long, ¾ in. broad, obliquely beaked. — Foliage by far the finest of all intro. kinds, the rich bronze color of the young shoots hardly rivaled among other shrubs. The compact, erect habit makes it eminently suitable for general lawn and shrubbery planting.


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