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Cut-Flower Protea Seed Kit

Our favourite proteas with the best cut flowers for arrangements and bouquets.

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Cut-Flower Protea Seed Kit : These proteas produce nice cut-flowers. Some are renowned for the long stems and good vase life - others appeal more because they have magnificent flowers. The kit comprises 10 seeds of each of the proteaceae in this selection, Smoke-Primer to help with germination, and detailed growing instructions.
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Catalog photo of Leucadendron argenteum

Leucadendron argenteum $0.12 for 1 seeds

(Silver Tree) Grows to 10m tree, with large silver leaves.Flowers in spring.Large cones, good cut foliage. Grows on moist slopes on granite clay, but unpredictable in cultivation.
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Catalog photo of Leucadendron discolor

Leucadendron discolor $0.12 for 1 seeds

Grows to 2m, has broad oval leaves. Males very colourful in spring with yellow bracts and red flowers.Adaptable. Sow Autumn. USDA Zone 8.
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Catalog photo of Leucadendron rubrum

Leucadendron rubrum $0.12 for 1 seeds

Grows to 2.5m, males have many small narrow flower-heads, female cones are green with red edges to bracts, very attractive, adaptable, good cut foliage.Sow Autumn. USDA Zone 8.
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Catalog photo of Leucadendron uliginosum spp uliginosum

Leucadendron uliginosum spp uliginosum $0.12 for 1 seeds

Grows to 2.3m shrub with silver leaves, silky hairs and silver cones. Beautiful cut foliage. Sow in autumn. USDA Zone 8.
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Catalog photo of Leucospermum catherinae

Leucospermum catherinae $0.12 for 1 seeds

An erect shrub up to 3 m tall, spreading with age.Flowerhead depressed-globose, but disc-shaped when mature, orange to coppery bronze.Grows in sandstone soils along stream edges. Flowers Sep-Dec.
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Catalog photo of Leucospermum conocarpodendron

Leucospermum conocarpodendron $0.12 for 1 seeds

A large, rounded shrub or tree, 3 - 5 m tall, 3 - 6 m across. Flowers yellow.Grows in granite and sandstone soils on dry slopes.Flowers Aug-Dec.
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Catalog photo of Leucospermum cordifolium

Leucospermum cordifolium $0.12 for 1 seeds

A 1.5m shrub, large orange/red flower in spring/summer.Grows in acid well-drained soils. Gives a good cut flower. Sow Autumn. USDA Zone 9.
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Catalog photo of Leucospermum glabrum

Leucospermum glabrum $0.12 for 1 seeds

A large, rounded shrub / tree, 2.5m tall, 1.5m across - belonging to the group of Tree Pincushions.  The flowers are large & spherical, about 100 mm in diameter. The tips are orange/yellow and the rest is a deep red. It is extremely attractive as a cut flower with its dark green glossy leaves. It flowers in late spring to early summer.  It is adaptable to many soil types and climates and is more resistant to frost than most other leucospermums.
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Catalog photo of Leucospermum grandiflorum

Leucospermum grandiflorum $0.12 for 1 seeds

Also known as Grey-leaf fountain pincushion due to the abundant dense greyish leaves. It grows to a height of 2.5m with attractive yellow flowers with red tips pointing clockwise. Flowering occurs from late winter to early summer. This pin-cushion tolerates hot dry conditions and is suitable for planting in granite or clay soils. It is a very attractive species for any large garden.
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Catalog photo of Leucospermum reflexum

Leucospermum reflexum

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Grows to 3m shrub, small grey leaves.Flowers are crimson and yellow with perianths and styles bent backwards (reflexing) in Spring and Summer.Sow Autumn. USDA Zone 9.
Catalog photo of Protea compacta

Protea compacta $0.12 for 1 seeds

Grows to a 3.5m bush. Flowers in Autumn and Winter are cup-shaped and have long pink involucral bracts with ciliate margins. Ideal cut flower and very attractive. Sow in Autumn. USDA zone 8.
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Catalog photo of Protea cynaroides

Protea cynaroides $0.12 for 1 seeds

(King Protea)South Africa's national flower. Grows 0.3m to 2m. Distinctive leaves, huge flowerheads with pink/red flowers. Flowering time depends on variant.Can be potted.Sow Autumn. USDA zone 8.
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Catalog photo of Protea grandiceps

Protea grandiceps

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Grows to 2m shrub with broad oval blue-green leaves. Showy Pink to Red flowers in Spring to Summer, with thick white and maroon beards. Tolerates frost. Sow in Autumn. USDA zone 8.
Catalog photo of Protea magnifica

Protea magnifica $0.12 for 1 seeds

Our queen protea. Grows to 2.5m erect to sprawling shrub. Large, heavily bearded white to pink flowers that make a good cut flower. Hard to grow.Flowers Oct-Dec.
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Catalog photo of Protea neriifolia

Protea neriifolia $0.12 for 1 seeds

(Oleanderleaf Protea - Blousuikerbos)Grows to a 3m shrub with narrow oblong leaves.Flowers are creamy-green to deep pink in winter, beard white to purple-black.Good cut flower.Tolerates a wide range of soils.Coastal, light frost, easy to grow.Sow in Autumn. USDA zone 8.
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Catalog photo of Protea repens

Protea repens $0.12 for 1 seeds

(Common Sugarbush - Suikerbos)Grows to shrub/tree of 4.5 m with long narrow leaves. Flowers white to red and sticky Feb-Oct. Lots of nectar for birds and bees.Easy to grow, adaptable, nice cut flower. Sow in Autumn. USDA zone 8.
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Catalog photo of Smoke Primer

Smoke Primer $0.10 for 1 Disks

(1 disk will germinate up to 100 seeds)
This paper disk is impregnated with the chemicals found in bushfire smoke, as well as components found to help Strelitzia's and Restios germinate. When you soak seeds in a solution of these chemicals you recreate conditions similar to the start of the rainy season after a fire. This triggers germination.We use it and recommend it in our growing instructions. If you have bought seeds then don't go home without this! Essential for Protea, Strelitizia and Restio seeds and recommended for most Cape Fynbos seeds.
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