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Pottable Protea Seed Kit

Small proteas and those most likely to survive in a pot.

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Pottable Protea Seed Kit : These proteas are suitable for growing in pots or tubs. This is especially useful in climates with harsh winters, where you might want to bring your proteas indoors during frost. The kit includes Smoke Primer to help you germinate the seeds, specially formulated fertilizer to feed the potted plant, and growing instructions.
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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 nana

Protea nana

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(Mountain Rose - Skaamblom)Grows to 1.3m, densely branched and compact. Beautiful wine-red pendulous flowers from Winter to Spring.Fast grower - expect germination from 25 days.Flowers in 4th year from seed.Hardy plant.Sow in Autumn. USDA zone 8.
Catalog photo of Protea scolymocephala

Protea scolymocephala $0.12 for 1 seeds

(Thistle Sugarbush - Witskollie)Grows to 1m shrub with linear pointed leaves. Small creamy-green flowers with outwardly splayed creamy or pinkish bracts from Winter to Spring. Coastal. Sand. Easy grower.Sow in Autumn. USDA zone 8.
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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 tottum

Leucospermum tottum

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A 1.5m many-branched shrub, large pale pink with mauve tips flower in spring/summer.Sow Autumn. USDA Zone 9. Seed very limited.
Catalog photo of Leucadendron salignum

Leucadendron salignum $0.12 for 1 seeds

Grows to 2m, a multi-stemmed plant with persistent rootstock. Leaves hairless, not shiny. Flowers in spring to summer with a yeasty odour. Grows on a wide range of soil types, from sea-level to 2000m. A very variable species. USDA Zone 8.
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Leucadendron thymifolium

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Grows to 2m, sparsely branched with oblong leaves that clasp the stem.Flowers in spring with a yeasty odour.Grows on sand or gravel over clay, endangered in the wild. USDA Zone 8.
Catalog photo of Leucadendron brunioides

Leucadendron brunioides $0.12 for 1 seeds

Grows to 2m, with many stems and small linear leaves. Flowers Spring.Sow Autumn. USDA Zone 8.
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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 daphnoides

Leucadendron daphnoides

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Grows to 1 to 2m with upper leaves that go through a series of colour changes - green, ivory, reddish, then green again. Very attractive and easy garden plant. Sow in Autumn. USDA Zone 8.
Catalog photo of Leucadendron gandogeri

Leucadendron gandogeri $0.12 for 1 seeds

Grows to 1.6m with elliptic, smooth, shiny leaves. In spring the large top leaves turn bright yellow, flushed with orange and red. 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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Catalog photo of Ezee Fyngro Super Fertilizer 200g

Ezee Fyngro Super Fertilizer 200g $2.50 for 1 bags

(enough for 20 seedlings for first 6 months of growth)
19.1.10(36) SRN + 1,2% Mg plus Chelated Trace Elements is a specially formulated fertilizer mixture for fynbos. This mixture contains Slow Release Nitrogen supplying Nitrogen to the plants at a slow and regular rate safely, plus Phosphates and Potash. Trace elements have been included in the chelated form to supply and correct any soil deficiency over a prolonged period of time.
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