flower heads about 5" across for most of the year, but they are at their showiest in spring. PROTEA nerifolia "Oleander-leafed Protea" - Beautiful flower bracts - narrow 5" tall x 3" wide - and very satiny with hues deep pink to salmon tipped in black fur. Cold tolerant to 15 degrees F., prefers acid but may be grown in lime-clay soil. . The common names for different proteas promise extravagance, and proteas deliver. Their "flowers" (actually a head or cluster of long, narrow, tubular flowers, often surrounded by colorful petal-like leaves or bracts) come in unbelievable sizes, shapes, textures, and color ranges. These bizarre plants are native to South Africa and Australia. Many people have never seen (or felt) a protea or tried growing one.  (less)

for roses, flowers and shrubs too. Orthenex kills insects and mites immediately and it's "systemic". Systemic spray is absorbed into the plants "sytem" and circulated by the plant so that the pests that feed on it in the future are killed too. Always spray your plants outside and read the directions for use carefully. Insects and Mites that are headed for trouble when the Orthenex starts flying: Aphids, whiteflies, armyworms, bagworms, budworms, Cuban laurel and flower thrips, diabrotical beetles, lacebugs, leafhoppers, leafminers, leaftiers, mealybugs, two-spotted and southern red mites, oleander and salt marsh caterpillars, rose midge, scales (crawlers), and spittlebugs. Diseases: Black spot, Rust and Powdery mildew.  (less)