Features:
Common name:
Family: Proteaceae
Origin: South Africa
Height at maturity: 3 meters
Hardiness: °C
Exposure: sunny
Plant type: flowering plant
Vegetation: deciduous perennial
Foliage: evergreen
Flowering: spring to fall
Flower color: see description
Type of soil: any soil even poor
Watering: ! effective drainage!
Use: in the garden, isolated, greenhouse, veranda, pot
Diseases and Pests:-
Toxicity: –
Storage of seeds: 3 years in a dry place away from light at 3/4°C (refrigerator)
Description:
Protea roupelliae grows to a height of 3 meters, forming a small tree.
It grows in a variety of different habitats and soil types.
its leaves are sometimes silky and silvery and other times smooth.
The flower heads of Protea roupelliae are goblet-shaped, pink to red-brown, with silk-covered bracts and silvery hairs.
Flowering takes place from summer to autumn.
Protea roupelliae is fast growing.
