Australian Native Plants Protea

Protea repens sugarbush part of the proteaceae family with red or white flowers flowering in fall winter spring avaliable from australian native plants located in ventura ca.

Australian native plants protea. However they are closely related to some of our showiest plants such as banksias grevilleas and waratahs. 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. 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.

These include banksia grevillea hakea macadamia telopea waratah and many others. There are over 1 600 different varieties falling under 83 genera which have flourished into discovery. Proteas are native to australia and south africa and are localised in the southern hemisphere. The protea is one of the oldest species of plants on this planet and has existed for over 300 million years.

Proteas put on a gorgeous display in gardens mainly through the late winter and spring months. 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. For example protea compactais a beautiful dense growing plant. Australian natives and proteaceae welcome to muchea tree farm.

Proteas are native to southern africa and belong to the same family of plants proteaceae as australia s native banksias grevilleas and waratahs. It s hypothesised that all these different plants arose from a common protea like ancestor. King protea protea cynaroides is a native of south africa. Proteas leucadendrons leucospermums mimetes aulax and adenanthos.

There are many proteasand leucadendronsavailable some are low growing and others form sizable screen plants which are great as a hedge. The family proteaceae was one of the earliest groups of flowering plants dispersing and diversifying throughout gondwana before the break up of the supercontinent. Most of those varieties are recognised horticulturally as one of nature s hardest plants to propagate. We are situated in the small town of muchea 50 km north of perth western australia.

Australian members include waratah banksia grevillea hakea and macadamia. It s often assumed that proteas and their relatives are australian natives but they in fact hail from south africa. There are many different varieties of quality plants to choose from including. 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.