Walnut Creek’s Ruth Bancroft is a national authority on drought-resistant gardening. Twice a month, she and her staff share their knowledge with readers. Plants in the Protea family are admired as cut ...

You may be inspired to pet some of the furry ones, stroking plush, spotted tips and scalloped edges while holding them close. The brightly plumed, spiky ones may prompt you to recall your coral reef ...

Scab disease of Proteaceae, which was initially observed on Leucospermum in South Africa in 1981, has subsequently been reported on this host from Australia and Hawaii. The disease, commonly known as ...

The pincushion is a long-blooming flower that adds pretty garden color. Fact checked by Khara Scheppmann Scabiosa is a genus ...

Ms Dawn Burls gets much joy from a magnificent Pincushion Protea bush, which is the pride of her garden in the Rand Aid Association retirement village. Thornhill Manor resident Ms Dawn Burls gets much ...

Coexistence mechanisms of two co-occurring species of Proteaceae, Protea lepidocarpodendron and Leucospermum conocarpodendron, were studied. Both are tall, arborescent shrubs forming the overstory of ...

AN exciting new business venture is putting Greytown on the map throughout KwaZulu-Natal as magnificent proteas feature in many homes and offices. Juanita Mason of Brayleigh farm, on the outskirts of ...

Cape Town designer and illustrator Heather Moore — the creator of Skinny Laminx — finds inspiration in strange and wonderful places: junk shops, a walk in the Company’s Garden collecting oak leaves, ...

Plants in the Protea family are admired as cut flowers, notable for the unusual architecture of their large blossoms. But they are less often seen planted in gardens. Mostly native to South Africa and ...