Botanical Name: Common Names:
Protea grandiceps Princess Protea, Sugarbush,
Native: Foliage Type:
No Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Hedging / Screening, Shrubs Rounded, Shrub Like, Upright
Description:
Evergreen shrub that has dense, leathery blue foliage and numerous dark-pink flowers with white hairs on bract edges. Flowers are cone-shaped heads, surrounded by stiff coloured bracts. Versatile, this shrub makes a great hedge, cut flower, feature or potted specimen. Grows 2.5m high x 2.5m wide.
Mature Height: Mature Width:
2-4m 2-4m
Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun Sandy, Well Drained
Landscape Use(s)
Borders / Shrubbery, Courtyard, Cut Flower, Feature, Hedging / Screening, Low Water Garden, Mass Planting, Rockery, Container / Pot
Pests & Diseases: Generally trouble free
Cultural Notes:
Plant Care
Keep moist during dry periods, Low phosphorus slow release fertiliser, Mulch well
Family Name: Origin:
Proteaceae Africa
Characteristics
Foliage Colour: Blue, Green
Flower Colour: Pink, Red
Flower Fragrant: No
Flowering Season: Autumn, Summer
Fruit: Yes
Requirements Tolerances
Growth Rate: Fast
Maintenance Level: Low
Water Usage: Low
Drought: Medium / Moderate
Frost: Moderate
Wind: Medium / Moderate
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