Proteaceae

[Justin]

Taken this morning in partly sunny San Diego County.

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[Copihue]

AMAZING pictures... Thank you so much!!!

[George Sparkman]

Hi Justin,

your place is looking really,really good.

I remember your pictures when you were planting all those plants.

Great stuff.

George Sparkman

Cycads-n-Palms.com

[Borgy230]

great looking stuff, we use the pins a lot in the cut flower industry, buy them from Cali, Hawaii, Ecuador, Peru, South Africa, Australia, and Porugal! from what I understand they need a dry climate and poor soil to thrive. I have been wanting to try one in a pot with pretty much just sand. Any ideas where to located like a 3 gallon plant?

[Kim]

Wow, Justin, your garden has exploded! I remember all the young Protea in the lava field protected by wire cages, and look at them now! Have any photos of the north side with all the flowering trees you had planted? Everything looking just excellent.

[Justin]

Kim, the flowering trees should start to do something in the next month, when the Pseudobombax, Erythrina crista-galli and Bolusanthus start to bloom. In the meantime, the only thing blooming is a juvenile Erythrina sykesii.

[BS Man about Palms]

Whoah.

[palmmermaid]

Beautiful! Beautiful! I am so glad you haven't turned the Phoenixes into shaving brushes.

We can grow the chalice vine here in south Florida. I am starting a cutting of a variegated one. Hopefully it will take.

[Exogarden]

Fantastic pictures!

I see, I live in the wrong country,

regards

Herman in Holland

[BigFrond]

Nice! How many acres do you have there, 10 - 20?

[edric]

Very nice work, Ed

[Justin]

1.2 acres (~5000 square meters)

[Al in Kona]

Colorful California! Gotta love all those proteas especially.

[Really full garden]

Justin,you are correct.I am jealous.I have been back several times to see your proteas.They are spectacular! You guys in Southern California have so many plants that can be grown to perfection,proteas,phoriums,orchid cactus,encephalartos( the blue ones).cymbidiums,aloes and many many succulents.

[rozpalm]

Justin your garden is incredible! Could you or someone tell me what the following plants are:

Post 4, Pic #3

Post 5, Pic #4

Post 6, Pic #2

Thanks

[CromulentKevin]

Very nice landscaping! You made me realize my garden needs a lot more color! I'm always jealous of those with space like yours to get an open park like atmosphere going.

[Justin]

This a Leucospermum cultivar, I believe it is "Tango."

This is Leucodendron discolor.

I'm not sure what plant you're asking about, but the one in the foreground on the right is Euphorbia tirucalli, often called "Sticks on Fire" or "Pencil tree."

[rozpalm]

Thanks Justin! You named all the ones I was interest in.

[George Sparkman]

Just wanted to add some colour to this really colourful thread with some plants at my house.

Happy growing,

George Sparkman

Cycads-n-Palms.com

[epicure3]

Those are great plants, Justin. You've obviously done a great job. Do Proteas flower all year or solely in the spring?

[Justin]

The pincushions bloom roughly between March and June, depending on amount of sun and age of plant. The proteas bloom during the summer and fall, but may go all the way to February. The banksias are also summer and fall. The grevilleas are basically year-round. And the Leucodendrons don't really "bloom" in the normal sense of the word, but have the contrasting foliage in the spring.

[epicure3]

The pincushions bloom roughly between March and June, depending on amount of sun and age of plant. The proteas bloom during the summer and fall, but may go all the way to February. The banksias are also summer and fall. The grevilleas are basically year-round. And the Leucodendrons don't really "bloom" in the normal sense of the word, but have the contrasting foliage in the spring.

Thanks. I keep expecting my Leucodendron to bloom. But it just keeps pumping out new leaves. Now I get it.

[leomx]

great landscape

[George Sparkman]

After posting the picture of my Leucospermum cordifolium "Vlam"

in post #25 here is some more mid-may colour :

Protea "Sylvia" (P.susannae x P.eximia)

hybridized for very late bloom and colour.

They bloom May - June (much later then other Proteas in California).

Happy blooming,

George Sparkman

Cycads-n-Palms.com

[DippyD]

where i can buy some of these here in socal? i was just getting interested in these and im glad this thread came up

[Justin]

There are a couple of places out in Valley Center, I think one is called Resendiz Bros or something similar. Buena Creek Gardens in San Marcos and Tropic World in Escondido also have small collections. The biggest that I am aware of is up in Ojai - Australian Native Plants is the name I think.

[DippyD]

thanks justin i will give these places a shot. can you root out cuttings on these guys also? thanks for the info

[Justin]

You can, but that doesn't mean I'm any good at it. I took cuttings off of one of my pincushions several years ago, and got one or two to survive the process. But then they died a year or so later.

They're really fairly cheap, and after talking to one of the docents at Kirstenbosch in Cape Town, I felt better. They kill a ton too - they just plant a bunch and see what makes it.

[DippyD]

cool well thanks for the info, any idea on the price range? whats farely cheap just curious.

[tjwalters]

1.2 acres (~5000 square meters)

Wow! That's your yard??? I thought I was looking at a botanical garden! Nice work!

[Justin]

cool well thanks for the info, any idea on the price range? whats farely cheap just curious.

The most common sizes are 1 gal and 5 gal, and frankly I would always buy a 1 gal if possible. 1 gal plants go from anywhere from $10-20, depending on the species. Probably 80% of what is in my photos came from 1 gal plants, and I don't think any of them are more than 5 or 6 years old.

[DippyD]

thanks again justin i think im gunna head down and check some out right now.

[raimeiken]

On 4/8/2009 at 10:49 AM, Justin said:

 

I've been thinking of trying to grow these proteas and leucospermum here in Arizona. I might be in over my head here trying these out here but I'd love to try.

What is your soil like that these are growing in? 

I was thinking of digging out a bed for them in my yard. Take out all the heavy clay we have here and replace it with decomposed granite, sand, and peat moss.  

Do you think these can take hot temps in the 100-110f?

[Josue Diaz]

1 hour ago, raimeiken said:

I've been thinking of trying to grow these proteas and leucospermum here in Arizona. I might be in over my head here trying these out here but I'd love to try.

What is your soil like that these are growing in? 

I was thinking of digging out a bed for them in my yard. Take out all the heavy clay we have here and replace it with decomposed granite, sand, and peat moss.  

Do you think these can take hot temps in the 100-110f?

i have tried protea and leucospermum. Leucs do better for me than protea cynariodes, which tends to suffer in summer.