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Proteas
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A striking native shrub with dense, grey-green foliage, Waratah Shady Lady Red creates an immediate visual impact. The showy, vibrant red flowers burst out in all their glory from spring to summer, creating an eye-catching display. Superb in any garden bed or rockery, and suitable for a large container. Shady Lady Red is a flamboyant, long-lasting cut flower.
Soil: Well-drained soil
Conditions: Full sun or part shade. Drought and frost tolerant.
Size: Height 3m x width 1.5m
Soil: Well-drained soil
Conditions: Full sun or part shade. Drought and frost tolerant.
Size: Height 3m x width 1.5m
Protea ‘nana’ – a compact yet stunning addition to any garden, known for its unique beauty and remarkable resilience. Protea nana, also known as the Dwarf Protea, stands out with its charming, compact growth habit and vibrant, pinkish-red blooms. These striking flowers, which appear from winter to spring, create a captivating display of colour and texture that adds a touch of exotic elegance to any garden. Ideal for smaller gardens, rockeries, and container planting.
Conditions: Prefers full sun, drought, coastal and moderate frost tolerant.
Soil: Well-draining native soil.
Size: 1m H x 1m W
Conditions: Prefers full sun, drought, coastal and moderate frost tolerant.
Soil: Well-draining native soil.
Size: 1m H x 1m W
Proteas are one of Nature’s true marvels of creative floral masterpieces! How can you not love elegant, colourful, feathery flowers? Pink Ice is a medium-sized evergreen shrub with an amazing autumn-winter display of soft, dusky-pink flowers, that look spectacular on the shrub or as a cut flower. It is renowned for being the hardiest of all the proteas. Sensational as a stand-alone specimen in the garden.
Soil: Well-drained soil. If you don't have well-drained soil, create a mound to facilitate planting.
Conditions: Full sun to part shade. Drought tolerant, frost and coast tolerant.
Size: Height 2.5m x width 2m
Soil: Well-drained soil. If you don't have well-drained soil, create a mound to facilitate planting.
Conditions: Full sun to part shade. Drought tolerant, frost and coast tolerant.
Size: Height 2.5m x width 2m
Protea Stately is a beautiful small tree that reveals magnificent deep pink winter blooms. The protea flowers from autumn to spring providing a stunning splash of colour to the garden during the colder months and supply food for birds and bees. Stately is ideal for cut flowers, used as a hedging plant and attracting native birds to the garden. Ensure a native potting mix and fertiliser are used if growing in pots, and select a container with drainage holes as these plants do not like to be waterlogged.
Soil: Well-drained soil. If you have clay soils, use mounds to facilitate drainage.
Conditions: Full sun. Drought, frost and coastal tolerant
Size: Height 2.5m x width 2m
Soil: Well-drained soil. If you have clay soils, use mounds to facilitate drainage.
Conditions: Full sun. Drought, frost and coastal tolerant
Size: Height 2.5m x width 2m
Protea pudens Eclipse is a low-growing flowering shrub that bursts into bloom with deep pink-red flowers in spring. This Protea variety showcases flowers with a hint of white feathery edging. Suitable for cut flowers, members of the Protea family thrive equally well in garden beds or displayed in pots and containers, making them a versatile addition to any garden.
Conditions: Prefers full sun to part-shade and is drought, coastal and light frost tolerant.
Soil: Native well-draining soil.
Size: 1m H x 1m W
Conditions: Prefers full sun to part-shade and is drought, coastal and light frost tolerant.
Soil: Native well-draining soil.
Size: 1m H x 1m W
Madiba is a King Protea that produces a beautiful display of stunning red-pink long-stemmed flowers during winter and spring. It is the intricate pattern created by the outer bracts and the inner stamens that combine to create one of nature's gems. Madiba is low maintenance and is equally at home in display pots or garden beds. The flowers are a treasure in the garden, on the patio and in flower arrangements.
Soil: Well-drained soils. If you have clay soils, use mounds to plant into to facilitate drainage.
Conditions: Sunny open position. These plants are moderately frost, coast and drought-tolerant.
Size: Height 1.5m x width 1m
Soil: Well-drained soils. If you have clay soils, use mounds to plant into to facilitate drainage.
Conditions: Sunny open position. These plants are moderately frost, coast and drought-tolerant.
Size: Height 1.5m x width 1m
Hydra is a beautiful, medium-sized evergreen shrub with soft lime, green-grey-blue feathery foliage. Silver-cream flower extensions appear from late winter through spring. Hydra is quite a hardy and low-maintenance species used in mass plantings, general landscaping, native gardens, coastal gardens, rockeries, pots or as a low hedge. Hydra is an excellent cut flower as the stems hold their colour for many weeks.
Soil: Prefers well-drained soil. If you don't have well-drained soil, create a mound for planting.
Conditions: Full sun to part shade. Drought, frost and coastal tolerant.
Size: Height 1.5m x width 1.5m
Soil: Prefers well-drained soil. If you don't have well-drained soil, create a mound for planting.
Conditions: Full sun to part shade. Drought, frost and coastal tolerant.
Size: Height 1.5m x width 1.5m
Proteas are known for their unique, architectural blooms and the Pink Princess is no exception! During the cooler months of winter, Pink Princess shows off spectacularly large pink flowers with a delicate white fringe on each petal. This variety, a hybrid of the King Protea, is particularly prized for its long vase life, making it a florist’s dream and a stunning addition to bouquets and floral arrangements. Pink Princess is ideal for water-wise gardens - its low-maintenance needs make it a favourite for gardeners seeking beauty without the fuss.
Soil: Well-drained soil.
Conditions: Full sun. Medium frost tolerance. Coastal hardy.
Size: Height 2.5m x width 2m
Soil: Well-drained soil.
Conditions: Full sun. Medium frost tolerance. Coastal hardy.
Size: Height 2.5m x width 2m
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