Protea garden 1 year update - leucospermums massive growth - tips to growing

[@AndrewVoss-g8i]

Awesome Vid, keep sending more updates.

[@sl0pack]

Thanks for all the great information. Can you do a pruning video?

[@growproteas1148]

thanks... will look into it

[@Bentonendflowerfarm]

Great video! We are in the uk, purchased 3 varieties from Portugal, currently have them in pots, and they are growing, we are going to create a bed to put them in, on a bank in full sun, scared , but may just go for it! Zone 8 I think 🤔 here in Suffolk. I wonder if anyone else has them outside in the UK??? Anyway thank you x Jo

[@growproteas1148]

Good luck... has gotten down to 26 degrees here in sacramento and plants did fine. I would cover the plants if it got colder..

[@misterchrissy]

looking great! did your hakea victoria not survive the sac heat?

[@growproteas1148]

The hakea is doing well... I didn't mention it as there are no flowers on it. You can see it in the video in the back. I cut it back as it had overgrown

[@jenjasper]

Omg thank you for this video. Just scored the only leucospermum parksonii from Plant Foundry a week ago and trying to figure out how to remove stupid quackgrass before planting it. What are you using in the mound? PF said dig hole 3x wider than plant and fill mix of succulent soil mix w pumice, but when I watched Builders SA video, they recommended pine bark nuggets 50% river sand 50%. Would i build a mound with top soil from HD and make the hole fill that 50-50 mix? So many questions… does Sac have a club for ppl into these plants?

[@growproteas1148]

In Sacramento beside drainage - the big problem is heat - I would plant in an area that gets shade after 1-2pm (my best plants grow in afternoon shade) - If your mound is as big as the one in the video then I would just use topsoil. If it drains too much then it will dry out in the Sacramento heat. Your other option is building a 3 x 3 raised bed for your plant out of redwood that is 8-12inches tall.

[@jenjasper]

@@growproteas1148Thank you, that’s really useful to know. I think I am going to put a mound in my backyard between the shade of an orange tree and laurel; there’s an area where shade is dappled. How much direct sun do you find they tolerate? What minimum sun exposure?

[@growproteas1148]

@@jenjasper some plants can handle full sun and some will die in the heat - seems unpredictable - but you will have a better chance with afternoon shade - if they can get 4 hours of sunlight and then dappled light - that would be good. I have some growing with only 2-3 hours of direct sunlight

[@williamstubbs779]

Gorgeous blossoms! I am not able to grow any of these in Central Florida. Too wet and too hot and humid. These do not do well indoors either.

[@growproteas1148]

Thanks

[@yamaha550xz]

Have you propagated any proteas from cuttings,

[@growproteas1148]

no I haven't - just grown from seeds

[@jenjasper]

@@growproteas1148Where can you get a king protea or that cool ground cover banksia in Sac?

[@joeshmoe3949]

Where do you get the plants and seeds?

[@growproteas1148]

plants are available from many nurseries in along California coast - also seeds i bought from south africa - silverhillseeds.co.za/

[@vivennaidoo]

How did you get seeds from your protea

[@growproteas1148]

the flowers may produce the seeds depending if they get germinated - most of my plants produced seeds which are easy to remove once hardened

[@vivennaidoo]

Thanks just got myself a protea neriifolia from a local nursery here in South Africa hopefully one day when it blooms I can collect seeds 😊