They look like they need a Mediterranean climate, or at least a greenhouse, but amazingly, noThe plants in the protea family are the stuff of exotic gardeners’ dreams. A collection of antipodean shrubs and small trees whose quirky foliage and gnarly trunks are only surpassed by their otherworldly flowers, proteas look like something straight out of a science-fiction film.They are a favourite in the gardens of Mediterranean climate zones around the world but the standard horticultural advice for us Brits has always been that barely any of them are worth even thinking about using outside a coddled greenhouse or cosy conservatory. This is advice I had always reluctantly taken as gospel. Continue reading…
Source : theguardian.com
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