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Nursery Direct
Red Pokers
Hakea bucculenta
Everything is included in this price: the plant, free delivery and professional installation
The price you see is the whole job: the plant supplied, delivered free and professionally installed. Done for you.
Supplied in 430mmtypically 1.5 to 2.5m tall on delivery
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Sizes shown are the sizes we currently source in this species. If you need larger specimens, project quantities or a size not listed, our sourcing team can look for it through our national supplier network. We confirm your exact stock with you on the booking call before anything ships.
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After checkout, our team contacts you to confirm site access and book a day that suits. Most orders are delivered and planted within 2 to 4 weeks of your booking call. Nothing else for you to organise.
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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
Price includes everything: the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.
Red Pokers - Hakea bucculenta
Hakea bucculenta comes from the sandplains of Western Australia's mid-west, and it flowers with a vividness few natives match: dense cylindrical spikes of orange-red flowers set along the upper stems through winter and into spring, held above fine needle-like foliage. It is an upright, open shrub rather than a dense one, so it is usually planted for the flower display and the bird activity that follows rather than for screening. Honeyeaters work it constantly while it is in bloom.
Why Red Pokers
Winter flower spikes: Brilliant orange-red cylindrical racemes appear from around June through to October, well outside the usual flowering season.
Bird attraction: A reliable nectar source that brings honeyeaters and wattlebirds into the garden through the cold months.
Fine terete foliage: Long narrow needle-like leaves give a soft, feathery texture that contrasts with broadleaf natives.
Drought hardiness: Once established it needs almost no supplementary water on well-drained ground.
Upright habit: Grows tall and relatively narrow, so it fits into a mixed native border without crowding neighbours.
Ideal Applications
Native bird gardens: Planted with grevilleas and banksias to extend nectar supply across the year.
Dry gravel borders: Suits sharply drained, low-water beds in Perth, Adelaide and inland gardens.
Colour accents in native plantings: The orange-red spikes read strongly against grey-green native foliage.
Coastal sandplain gardens: Well adapted to sandy, infertile soils near the coast.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 1.5 to 2m for an informal native band
Spacing (feature/avenue): 2.5 to 3m
Best Planting Season: Autumn to winter in southern and western Australia, giving roots the cool season to establish
Soil & Drainage: Sandy or gravelly, sharply drained, low-phosphorus soil; on humid east coast clay it must be raised or mounded
Establishment Care: Water sparingly and only when the soil has dried, since this species is far more often lost to overwatering than to drought. Use a native low-phosphorus fertiliser if feeding at all, mulch with gravel or coarse bark, and tip prune lightly after flowering to keep the shrub from getting leggy.
Plant Details
Height: 2 to 4m
Width: 1.5 to 3m
Growth Rate: Moderate to fast
Foliage: Evergreen
Light: Full sun
Native to: Mid-west Western Australia
Flower Colour: Orange-red
Delivery & Installation
Delivery and installation are included in your price
No freight calculators and no separate installation quote for a standard installation. Your price covers specialist plant transport, positioning and professional planting by our installation team. The whole job, handled.
- Wrapped, secured and transported by specialist plant freight.
- Professionally planted, staked and finished by our install team.
- Our team confirms site access and schedules a time that suits you.
Installation
Professional installation included, never extra
Every plant we sell is planted by our professional installation team, and it's already in the price. We coordinate the delivery, the machinery and the planting for standard site access, so your only job is choosing the tree. Unusual access or engineering requirements? We'll confirm everything with you after checkout before any work begins.
Questions? Send An EnquiryWhy Nursery Direct
Every price includes supply, delivery and installation
Buying a mature tree often means three separate jobs: the plant, the freight and finding someone to plant it. We price the whole job as one: the tree, the delivery and the professional install.
- One price: supplied, delivered and installed
- Mature trees and specimen palms at every scale
- National sourcing for hard-to-find stock
- Residential, estate and commercial projects
How It Works
Place your order. We do the rest.
We Supply
Premium advanced stock, selected from a national network of wholesale growers.
We Deliver
Specialist plant freight brings your order to your door. Free, anywhere in Australia.
We Install
Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.







