Australian Native Plants Protea

For example protea compactais a beautiful dense growing plant.

Australian native plants protea. The protea is one of the oldest species of plants on this planet and has existed for over 300 million years. Australia split from the gondwana land mass and over time produced another branch of the protea family. Across the ocean in what s now south america are found other members of the protea family also called proteaceae. There are many proteasand leucadendronsavailable some are low growing and others form sizable screen plants which are great as a hedge.

List of protea plants from australian native plants nursery including protea brenda protea lorimink protea may day protea pink duke protea pink ice protea red barron red barron protea rose mink protea susara protea sylvia protea amplexicaulis clasping leaf sugarbush. There are over 1 600 different varieties falling under 83 genera which have flourished into discovery. These include banksia grevillea hakea macadamia telopea waratah and many others. Australian natives and proteaceae welcome to muchea tree farm.

We are situated in the small town of muchea 50 km north of perth western australia. The genus proteahas given its name to a family of related plants the proteaceae and there are are a number of australian members of this protea family. They are tough and hardy evergreen plants will thrive in exposed positions with poor soils and are also both heat and cold tolerant from 6 to 40. Protea world is situated on the fleurieu peninsula in south australia on the corner of victor harbor road and yundi road near mount compass.

Proteas are native to southern africa and belong to the same family of plants proteaceae as australia s native banksias grevilleas and waratahs. Proteas leucadendrons leucospermums mimetes aulax and adenanthos. Our specialties include native farm trees proteas shrubs ground covers thousands of different plants. It s often assumed that proteas and their relatives are australian natives but they in fact hail from south africa.

Proteas are native to australia and south africa and are localised in the southern hemisphere. The family proteaceae was one of the earliest groups of flowering plants dispersing and diversifying throughout gondwana before the break up of the supercontinent. There are many different varieties of quality plants to choose from including. Proteas put on a gorgeous display in gardens mainly through the late winter and spring months.

However they are closely related to some of our showiest plants such as banksias grevilleas and waratahs. Most of those varieties are recognised horticulturally as one of nature s hardest plants to propagate. It s hypothesised that all these different plants arose from a common protea like ancestor. They re in the proteaceae family like waratahs banksias hakeasand grevilleaswhich are the australian branch of the family.