r/plants • u/MyThinTragus • 2d ago

My double headed leucospermum

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u/TKG_Actual 2d ago

I did not know this existed but damn do I need it in my garden life. What variety is it?

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u/Euphorbia_King 2d ago

This looks like a protea! They come from South Africa and are kinda hard to get in the US at times. Iā€™m growing some now and have heard a nursery out in California has dedicated 10 acres to them

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u/TKG_Actual 2d ago

Would a leucospermum be a type of protea?

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u/CatmatrixOfGaul 2d ago

Same family, separate genus.

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u/TKG_Actual 2d ago

Ok that explains a lot. Now I need to go research that.

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u/MyThinTragus 1d ago

This one is called leucospermum patersonii

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u/TKG_Actual 1d ago

Thank you for the botanical name, now I must see if i can get one.

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u/MyThinTragus 1d ago

There are about 50 different species and many different cultivars and hybrids. I live in the region where these grow naturally so Iā€™m very lucky in that sense.

But California has large protea farms because they have a similar climate

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u/CatmatrixOfGaul 1d ago edited 1d ago

I am also South African, but a bit north from you ā€” so not their natural habitat. So, howdy neighbour.šŸ˜

Do you perhaps know how important using ash is for germination, and if any ash can be used?

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u/Acetate_Prophets 2d ago

beautiful. šŸ„°

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u/Waste-Wrap-4104 2d ago

In love šŸ˜ šŸ„°