A medium sized shrub with reddish stems, holding large rounded green leaves and bearing huge dinner plate sized flowers. Unlike the species, which typically has pale silky pink flowers, this variety has flowers of pure white.
Botanical Name
Protea Cynaroides 'King White'
Growth Expectancy
1.5m H x 1m W
Position
Sun
Water Smart
Yes
Indigenous
Yes
Pin Cushion | Leucospermum Cordifolium x Patersonii 'High Gold'
Tall growing variety, ideal for screening or hedging. Bright yellow flowers in spring. Ideal for low maintenance, low water use gardens. Great cut flowers
The hardiest of all proteas, and well suited to low maintenance, low water use gardens (water well initially) with well-draining soil. Spectacular exotic-looking flowers in summer - perfect as cut flowers.
Botanical Name
Protea 'Pink Ice'
Growth Expectancy
2.5m H x 2m W
Position
Sun
Water Smart
Semi-Water Smart
Indigenous
Yes
Conebush | Leucadendron Salignum x Laureolum 'Jolly Joker'
A beautiful variegated variety that will add a blaze of colour to your garden in late autumn and winter. Great cut flowers. Suitable for gardens with well-draining soil. Or plant in a pot. Water regularly initially.
Name
Leucadendron Salignum x Laureolum 'Jolly Joker'
Growth Expectancy
2m H x 1.5 W
Position
Sun
Water Smart
Semi- Water Smart
Indigenous
Yes
Conebush | Leucadendron Salignum x Laureolum 'Burgundy Sunset'
This small compact shrub provides a variation of colour with bright red foliage in autumn to yellow highlights in winter. Great in containers or gardens.
An unusual male hybrid, produces showy red foliage in early spring and into summer. Ideal for low maintenance, low water use gardens, once established.
Botanical Name
Leucadendron Salignum x Laureolum x Salignum 'African Spice'
This is an attractive, single-stemmed shrub with a round and dense habit and it is bright and colourful when in flower. It produces masses of mauve, purple, white or pink flowers displayed in clusters. This is a real eye-catcher in the garden and also reveals a sweet lemon scent when leaves are crushed. The essential oils that are extracted from the leaves are used medicinally for their antiseptic and diuretic properties. They look beautiful in a mixed fynbos bed when combined with plants such as Erica (Sugarbush) and Leucospernum (Pincushion)and Coleonema (White Confetti Bush).
The mass display of flowers on this shrub is sure to catch the eye. Dark orange flowers in spring will attract birds to the garden. Ideal for low maintenance, low water use gardens.
Botanical Name
Leucospermum Cordifolium 'Memory'
Growth Expectancy
1.5m H x 1.5m W
Position
Sun to Semi-Shade
Water Smart
Yes
Indigenous
Yes
Pin Cushion | Leucospermum Cordifolium/Patersonii x Tottum/Glabrum 'Anouk'
Deep orange flowers cover this plant in spring and summer attracting birds to your garden. Ideal for low maintenance, low water use gardens or containers. Great cut flower. Do not fertilize. Pick all flowers to maintain shape.
Botanical Name
Leucospermum Cordifolium/Patersonii x Tottum/Glabrum 'Anouk'
This medium size compact shrub will add spectacular cream and pink colour to the garden or the patio through winter into spring. Ideal for low maintenance, low water use gardens.
Amy is a stunning, medium sized and compact shrub, which will provide masses of bi-colour foliage from winter through to spring. Ideal for low maintenance, low water use gardens.
A fragrant, neat and upright, evergreen shrub covered in pale pink flowers from late winter to spring. Will invite bees to the garden. Ideal for low maintenance, low water use gardens.
Purple Haze is a small evergreen shrub with silvery purple coloured foliage in winter and silver cones at Christmas. Ideal for low maintenance, low water use gardens. Water well to establish. Great for cut flowers.
This compact growing plant is ideal for small areas, rockeries and containers and fits well with low maintenance, low water use gardens. Spectacular autumn flowers fresh or dried.
An exquisite species that is extinct in the wild. This erica produces masses of mauve tubular flowers from late summer and into autumn. Ideal for containers and will attract birds to the garden.
This dense shrub is an excellent display plant or screen and fits in well with low maintenance, low water use gardens. Spectacular flowers fresh or dried.
The sight of these shimmering silver proteas is one of nature's finest. The light-reflecting leaves shine silver and feels silky. Suitable for gardens with well-draining soil. Water regularly initially.
A wonderwork of nature, this exquisite species bears clusters of vibrant pink flowers for many months. Ideal for low maintenance, low water use gardens and containers. Will attract birds to the garden
Botanical Name
Erica Regia
Growth Expectancy
50cm H x 50cm W
Position
Sun
Water Smart
Yes
Indigenous
Yes
Pin Cushion | Leucospermum Lineare x glabrum 'Tango'
A tall growing Leucospermum, ideal for screening or hedging. Bears bright orange flowers in spring. Ideal for low maintenance, low water use gardens. Also makes a lovely cut flower.
An unique, eye-catching light-green tubular flower on a backing of dark green foliage, make this Erica a talking point in the garden or in a pot. Ideal for low maintenance, low water use gardens and containers with good drainage. Water regularly initially.
This blushing bride hybrid will be covered with dainty, long-lasting, pink flowers in winter. During the flowering, the plant can be moved inside for a few days at a time.
Botanical Name
Serruria Florida x rosea 'Carmen'
Growth Expectancy
1m H x 1m W
Position
Sun
Water Smart
No
Indigenous
Yes
Pin Cushion | Leucospermum Lineare x Cordifolium 'Succession'
Succession is a tall growing variety, with dark orange, almost red flowers in early spring from August to September. Ideal for low maintenance, low water use gardens or containers. Makes great cut flowers.
One of the more unusual of the Bruniaceae, with it's green baubel shaped inflorescence on red wax-like peduncles. Ideal for low maintenance, low water use gardens, once established.
This variety will delight and brighten your garden with gorgeous pink coloured flowers in spring. Will attracts birds to the garden. Ideal for low maintenance, low water use gardens.
This variety will delight and brighten your garden with vibrant rouge coloured flowers in spring. Will attracts birds to the garden. Ideal for low maintenance, low water use gardens.
A stunning compact Protea with ruby-red flowers with white and black leathery tips during late winter and spring. Can be shaped into a low hedge or grown as a feature plant. Also ideal for containers.
Botanical Name
Protea Neriifolia 'Australis Ruby'
Growth Expectancy
1.5m H x 1.5m W
Position
Sun
Water Smart
Semi
Indigenous
Yes
Conebush | Leucadendron Salignum x Laureolum 'African Gold'
Commonly named Coffee bush after it's coffee scented flowers in summer. Forms a flat topped cluster of baubels. Ideal for low maintenance, low water use gardens, once established.
A tough heather with showy clusters of vibrant red-orange tubular flowers that blooms throughout the year. Grow in well-draining soil. Water regularly initially.
Bears beautiful orange flowers in spring. Can tolerate moderate frost. Will attracts birds to the garden. Ideal for low maintenance, low water use gardens. Great cut flower.
Botanical Name
Leucospermum Cordifolium 'Ayoba® Orange'
Growth Expectancy
1.5m H x 1.5m W
Position
Sun
Water Smart
Yes
Indigenous
Yes
Conebush | Leucadendron Sissile X Glaberrimum 'African Star'
This delicate cone bush produces star-shaped leaf clusters, which change colour from green through pink to yellow. Ideal for low maintenance, low water use gardens.
This lovely compact shrub flowers easily from late summer to spring. It's colour changes form orange to pink over this period making it a fantastic plant for gardens or containers. Ideal for low maintenance, low water use gardens.
This shrub is also known as the common button bush or “vleiknoppiesbos” in Afrikaans. This tall growing shrub has spectacular fine foliage and produces clusters of beautiful baubles when flowering in Spring and into Summer. Ideal for low maintenance gardens, but needs to be watered well to establish when planted.
This dense shrub is an excellent display plant or screen and fits in well with low maintenance, low water use gardens. Spectacular flowers fresh or dried.
Botanical Name
Protea Eximia x Susannae 'Sylvia'
Growth Expectancy
2m H x 1.5m W
Position
Sun
Water Smart
Yes
Indigenous
Yes
Pin Cushion | Leucospermum Cordifolium x Patersonii 'Raziya'
A beautiful compact ornamental shrub producing masses of unique apricot coloured flowers in spring. Great cut flowers. Ideal for low maintenance, low water use gardens. Suitable for gardens with well-draining, acidic soil. Water regularly initially (first 1-2 years). Do not fertilize. Pick all flowers to maintain shape. Great in a pots, water daily.
This dense shrub is ideal for small gardens, rockeries and containers. It will add spectacular golden colour to your garden or patio. Ideal for low maintenance, low water use gardens and containers.