LEUCOSPERMUM MUIRII - INDIGENOUS SOUTH AFRICAN PROTEA - 5 IN SOUTH AFRICA

  Leucospermum (Pincushion, Pincushion Protea or Leucospermum) 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 margin or serrated at the leaf apex only. The flowers are produced in dense inflorescences, which have large numbers of prominent styles, which inspires the name. To 1.5m shrub, narrow leaves, small yellow flowers borne singly or in groups in Winter-Spring, excellent garden plant. Sow Autumn. USDA Zone - 9 Season to Sow - Autumn   Please familiarise yourself with the shipping info below Shipping Rates are as listed below Approximate processing and transit times are listed below