Starter Packs
Ideal gifts - selections of easy-growing seeds from the Protea, Erica and Bulb families.
Protea Starter Pack $10.25 for 1 pack(s)
An eco-friendly recycled postable envelope containing everything you need to grow indigenous South African protea. Contains 5 seeds each of the magnificent King Protea, Protea Neriifolia, Protea Repens (the original sugarbush), Pincushions and Leucadendrons. To help you get started, the pack contains Kirstenbosch Instant Smoke Plus Seed Primer and detailed growing instructions. The plants are suitable for low-frost climates.
Mandela's Gold Starter Pack $5.50 for 1 pack(s)
Contains everything you need to grow the Strelitzia reginae (Mandela's Gold). Contains 2 seeds of this unique and rare plant. To help you get started, the pack contains detailed growing instructions. The strelitzia is suitable for low-frost climates.
King Protea Starter Pack $3.12 for 1 pack(s)
Contains everything you need to grow Protea cynaroides (King Protea) – the national flower of South Africa. Contains 5 seeds, detailed growing instructions and enhanced smoke primer to germinate the seeds. The King Protea is suitable for low-frost climates and grows in a wide range of soils and conditions.
Blushing Bride Starter Pack
Sorry - temporarily out of stock
A recycled envelope containing everything you need to grow the extremely rare and beautiful Serruria florida. Contains 5 seeds of this collector's plant. To help you get started, the pack contains Kirstenbosch Instant Smoke Plus Seed Primer and detailed growing instructions. The 'Blushing Bride' is suitable for low-frost climates.
Fynbos Feast Starter Pack $10.25 for 1 pack(s)
A recycled envelope containing everything you need to grow a selection of 6 indigenous South African fynbos plants. Contains 5 seeds each of Protea cynaroides, Watsonia borbonica, Leucospermum glabrum, Erica versicolor, Chondropetalum tectorum and Leucadendron salignum. To help you get started, the pack contains Kirstenbosch Instant Smoke Plus Seed Primer and detailed growing instructions. The plants are suitable for low-frost climates.
Erica Starter Pack $10.25 for 1 pack(s)
A recycled envelope containing everything you need to grow indigenous South African ericaceae. Contains 5 seeds each of Erica Mammosa, Erica Bauera, Erica Formosa, Erica Perspicua, Erica Sessiliflora and Erica Versicolor. To help you get started, the pack contains Kirstenbosch Instant Smoke Plus Seed Primer and detailed growing instructions. The plants are suitable for low-frost climates.
Bulb Starter Pack $10.25 for 1 pack(s)
A recycled envelope containing everything you need to grow indigenous South African bulbs from seed. Contains 5 seeds each of Watsonia borbonica, Aristea major, Kniphofia caulescens, Zantedeschia aethiopica, Tulbaghia violaceae and Bulbinella nutans. To help you get started, the pack contains Kirstenbosch Instant Smoke Plus Seed Primer and detailed growing instructions. The plants are suitable for low-frost climates.
Restio Starter Pack $10.25 for 1 pack(s)
Contains everything you need to germinate and grow Restios (Cape Reeds). Contains 5 seeds of each of 6 unique Cape reeds. To help you get started, the pack contains detailed growing instructions, smoke primer (for seed germination), and online support. Restios are suitable for low-frost climates.
Strelitzia Starter Pack $2.75 for 1 pack(s)
Contains everything you need to grow the Crane Flower (Strelitzia Reginae). Contains 5 seeds of this unique plant. To help you get started, the pack contains detailed growing instructions. The strelitzia is suitable for low-frost climates.
Healing Herbs Starter Pack $10.25 for 1 pack(s)
Contains everything you need to start your own little collection of indigenous South African medicinal plants. Contains 5 seeds of each of 6 South African plants that have been used as traditional remedies by the bushmen and the early settlers to the Cape. To help you get started, the pack contains detailed growing instructions. information about the medicinal uses of the plants, and online support. These plants are suitable for low-frost climates.
Waterwise Starter Pack $10.25 for 1 pack(s)
Grows these hardy, waterwise plants to help save water. The starter pack includes very beautiful garden plants that do not need constant care in order to look good. Detailed growing instructions included.
Please note that we may substitute a similar plant in cases where seeds are out of stock.
From the UK?
We have distributors of our Starter Packs in the United Kingdom. You can visit them at
- Tuthuka.co.uk also has seeds packed in African Elephant dung to just plant and grow. If you are interested in wholesale bulk purchases in the UK, contact Mark or Melanie Henson (Melanie.Henson@btinternet.com).
From the US?
We have distributors of our Starter Packs in the United States. You can visit them at
- DiscoverProtea.com also has starter packs, and greeting cards of protea prints