Protea Flower Tree. With striking goblet-shaped flowers proteas are an amazing combination of fluffy centres and brightly coloured bracts which look almost too fabulous to be real. Those beautiful petals are actually colorful bracts.
They grow in regions of the southern hemisphere where conditions are particularly dry. The flower head is solitary or in clusters of 3 or 4 with the involucral bracts a pale red pink or cream colour. There are many species of Protea often looking very different which explains the name given after the Greek God Proteus who assumed many different shapes.
12092019 Proteas flower in autumn winter and spring.
Dig a hole twice the width of the container and one and a half the height. When pruning older Proteas that have been. Remove curly stems or any that are on the ground. There are many species of Protea often looking very different which explains the name given after the Greek God Proteus who assumed many different shapes.