Leucospermum Cordifolium - Indigenous South African Protea - 5 Seeds Onion leaves green at bottom of

leaves green at bottom of branch & bright red at top

Growing 5cm to 20cm with dark hairy leaves and heavily scented wide open white flowers with purple filaments in late spring

Grow year round in the full sun

It takes the name elephant's foot from the appearance of its large tuberous stem

4 in) or less in diameter

Leucospermum Cordifolium - Indigenous South African Protea - 5 Seeds Onion leaves green at bottom ofLeucospermum (Pincushion, Pincushion Protea or Leucospermum) is a genus of about 50 species of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, native to Zimbabwe and South Africa, where they occupy a variety of habitats, including scrub, forest, and mountain slopes. They are evergreen shrubs (rarely small trees) growing to 0. 5 5 m tall. The leaves are spirally arranged, tough and leathery, simple, linear to lanceolate, 2 12 cm long and 0. 5 3 cm broad,