Protea Species, African Sugarbush

I have not grown this native African plant that is usually a small tree and which can be found on dry, stony and rocky mountain slopes. ...Read MoreProtea gaguedi has flaky, thick, corky bark. Its glabrous, elliptic to oblong (often distinctly sickle-shaped) shaped leaves are light green to blue-green with the midrib being yellowish and prominent. Its leaves fall off after a frost. Its white to pink-tinged flowers are scented, tipped with a brownish-gold or rust and are surrounded by pale green to cream-colored involucral bracts that have silvery hairs. The bracts sometimes have rusty magins. Birds and beetles pollinate the blooms. Its fruit is a hairy nutlet. Protea gaguedi is a summer rainfall species.