Wednesday, March 11, 2015


Available in Orange or Green...

This relative of the Macadamia Nut... grows in Southern California as well as Australia and Africa...

The Leaves look as if they have been cut with a pinking shears... and the flower naturally dry to provide "another life"...

A genus of the Proteaceae Family... that numbers about 170... are recognizable by their spiky heads and fully fruited cones...

Heavy Producers of Nectar... they provide an important food source for animals in their native regions... birds, bats, rats, possum, bees and a host of other bugs...

and a number of these species are endangered due to land clearing, frequent burning and disease... 


P.S. This "little" ... and I use that term loosely as the heads can measure up to 8-10 inches in length...

Is called the "Banksia" Protea!

 

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