Binomial Name:  Adenanthos sericeus
 
Common Name: Albany Woolly Bush
 
Family:  PROTEACEAE 
 
Leaves:  Leaves/branches up to 40 mm long, and repeatedly divide by threes, soft and woolly as the common name suggests, grey
 
Stem/Trunk: Shrub form, stem is squat with multiple branches
 
Flower:  Red, small and obscure, solitary, hidden within the foliage at the end of branches
 
Fruit: Oval-shaped achene
 
Flowering Period:  Spring, Summer and Autumn
 
Height: 3 metres
 
Width:  1 metre 
 
Habit:  Soft shrub
 
Aspect:  Full sun. WIll die in shade
 
Soil Type:  Clay to sandy soils. Needs drainage. Does not tolertate boggy sites 
 
Soil pH:  5.0 to 6.5
 
Fertiliser Treatment: Recommend rock minerals, slow release low phosoporus fertiliser suitable for natives, benefits from Seasol when being planted out, benenfits from fish emulsion and blood and bone. Can use pelletised chicken manures also beneficial as a mulch. Benefits from compost being incorporated into the soil when the hole is dug
 
Mulch:  Eucalyptus mulch (small to fine chips or leaf) is very beneficial for Aussie plants. Sugar cane mulch can be used up top 50mm thickness
 
Root System:  Contained. Not invasive
 
Drought Tolerant:  Once established
 
Frost Tolerant:  Yes
 
Salt Wind Tolerant:  Yes
 
Fire Response:  Yes. Recovers from being burnt with cool ground fires
 
Host Requred:  No
 
Fast Growing:  Moderate 
 
Gardens:  Native gardens
 
Natural Occurrence:  South western Australia
 
Known Plant Associations:  Other native plants from South western Australia zones in full sun Chamelaucium, Eremophila, Rhodanthe, Banksia and other PROTEACE species
 
Known Fauna Associations:  Nectar feeding birds
 
Other Information:  Many cultural uses are ascribed to this plant species.