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Hakea pachyphylla is a hardy plant that will grow in sun or shade in most soils with reasonable drainage. In its natural range of the upper Blue Mountains from Leura to Mt Victoria it grows in swampy habitats of wet heath or mallee-heath on sandy soils.

It grows to about 2m high by 1m wide, forming a prickly thicket loved by small birds, and can be pruned to shape. The pretty yellow flowers appear in Spring. Mature cones of Hakeas are a food source for black cockatoos.

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