Of all the plants to begin flowering in the last month, this is certainly the most exciting for us! These attractive, tall shrubs with their drooping branches are not common in our region. Indeed, we are almost at their southern limit. The species is killed by fire and relies upon the post-burn release of seeds from its woody fruit to recolonise an area. We recorded the first seedlings three months post fire ... and on 31st August this year we celebrated the first flowering of some of those young shrubs!

Hakea macraeana (link to iNaturalist record of first flowers opening)