Leucospermum Bolusii - Indigenous South African Protea - 5 Seeds Growing Bags

Leucospermum Bolusii - Indigenous South African Protea - 5 Seeds Growing BagsLeucospermum also known as pincushion Protea is a genus of about 50 species of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, native to Zimbabwe and South Africa, where they occupy a variety of habitats, including scrub, forest, and mountain slopes. They are evergreen shrubs (rarely small trees) growing to 0. 5 5 m tall. The leaves are spirally arranged, tough and leathery, simple, linear to lanceolate, 2 12 cm long and 0. 5 3 cm broad, with a serrated

which are about 5 inches in diameter

A smaller form with more convex leaves with delicate markings

and many of its members have been reclassified in smaller genera

then drooping near their ends

Life expectancy is 200+ with 500 yr old specimens disgracefully cut down throughout the 1970s

High traffic areas

It measures at 2 500 to 8 000 scoville units

Flowering in sporing

Similar to Dioscorea sylvatica

Growing to 7

They can be grown in a pot year round for shear enjoyment by your feline friend

The Pea bush or Peultjiesbos is an erect shrub growing up to 1 metre