i got this banksia today, i havent taken a pic of the whole tree as it is still quite young with only a one inch trunk although it is already showing signs of the mature rolling of the trunk which may help in the ID so here are the leaves, they are about on average 80mm-100mm approx. long x 30mm-400mm approx across at the widest point, the leaves are serrated but not overly pronounced. they are quite a stiff leaf to with a sort of rough texture.
i was hoping to put this into a growing box straight away but on inspection of the roots i found some rather horrifying things, it looked like either a root rot fungi or wooly aphid, so it had to be practically bare rooted and repotted which was put into a free draining mix of two parts diatomite by one part bonsai soil and then watered in with seasol and super thrive, hopefully it will bounce back strong and be back where i want it shortly.
i also had to remove some damaged leaves that at first looked like a nutrient deficiency prob but it corresponds with root rot fungi/aphid problem.
cheers guys
jamie
taking the top half of trees of since 2005! 
Hi Guys has anyone experienced Banksias karking it ? I had 3 in 250mm pots letting them grow a bit. One was an ericifoloia, one a spinulosa and the other a marginata. They were in half potting mix and half river sand. We have had a lot of rain here in Brissy since Christmas - is too much water a possible cause. They died pretty quickly - they looked fine but within a week they were all brown. Any ideas ?
