Leucospermum Parile - Indigenous South African Protea - 5 Seeds Spinach

Leucospermum Parile - Indigenous South African Protea - 5 Seeds SpinachLeucospermum also known as pincushion Protea is a genus of about 50 species of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, native to Zimbabwe and South Africa, where they occupy a variety of habitats, including scrub, forest, and mountain slopes. They are evergreen shrubs (rarely small trees) growing to 0. 5 5 m tall. The leaves are spirally arranged, tough and leathery, simple, linear to lanceolate, 2 12 cm long and 0. 5 3 cm broad, with a serrated

but some come from the southwest USA

In many tropical parts of countries around the world it is grown as an ornamental tree and in English it is given the name Royal Poinciana or Flamboyant

The flower blossoms can be battered and fried

such as bees

This plant loses its leaves in summer

Spacing : (76 - 122cm)

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Producing Flat Green Pods

Lithops otzeniana usually forms small groups with 2-5 heads but occasionally with up to 25 heads (especially in cultivation)

The fruits

Growing to 4m with unbranched stems spreading to recurved dull green leaves with panicles of reddish-orange to blood-red flowers with dark purple stamens

This is the original strain of the high quality Hubbard squash