Leucospermum Formosum - Indigenous South African Protea - 5 Seeds Mild Chilli leaves green at bottom of

leaves green at bottom of branch & bright red at top

KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape

Easy to grow it produces exception results in south African conditions

The flowers are monoecious (individual flowers are either male or female

and rattle when the pod is shaken

Leucospermum Formosum - Indigenous South African Protea - 5 Seeds Mild Chilli 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,