Sweet Hakea – Hakea Drupacea

Sweet Hakea is an unusual and attractive evergreen shrub to small tree that grows to 10-20 feet tall.

The stiff leaves are forked into many needle-like leaflets that have pointed tips. Fragrant small white flowers bloom in the fall and winter followed by woody fruit that are firmly attached to the stems.

Best planted in full sun but can grow in part sun and is tolerant of slightly alkaline soils, requires little irrigation once established and is smog and seaside tolerant as well as being hardy down to about 20 degrees F.