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Caring for your Protea Family plants

by sierraazul | Oct 5, 2021 | Articles | 0 comments

The Protea family includes many beautiful plants that are great as specimens in a coastally influenced garden. The five main members include Protea, Leucospermum, Leucadendron, Grevillea, and Banksia.

Click Here for our tips and instructions on Protea Family Care. If your yard has poor soil drainage, take a look at our Planting Diagram and Instructions

 

Watch our tutorial on how to prune Leucadendrons!

 

Leucospermum cordifolium – salmon bud

Grevillea ‘Superb’

Leucadendron ‘Red Gem’

Banksia integrifolia

Protea ‘Brenda’

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Sierra Azul Nursery & Gardens

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Family owned & operated nursery in Watsonville, CA with a two-acre sculpture garden. Low water & Mediterranean climate plants.
Hours 10-5pm Daily

A tiger swallowtail enjoying the nectar from a blu A tiger swallowtail enjoying the nectar from a blue plumbago. It’s always a treat to take a break from daily tasks to enjoy a moment witnessing wildlife.
September Specials and Featured Plant! Three vari September Specials and Featured Plant!

Three varieties of Euphorbia are on sale for $6.99 (regularly $9.99-$10.99). ‘Ascot Rainbow’, ‘Ruby Glow’, and ‘Silver Swan’. Great for year-round color, deer-, rabbit-, and gopher-resistant.

‘Forest Pansy’ redbuds are 10% off. Available in 5- and 7-gallon containers. Attractive red/purple heart-shaped foliage emerges in Spring after a prolific purple flower show.
Normal hours for Labor Day! It should be a beautif Normal hours for Labor Day! It should be a beautiful day - great for a picnic and stroll through the sculpture garden. We have some new sales in the nursery for the month of September, come check it out! 
Photo of an Anna’s Hummingbird feeding from a Salvia ‘Limelight’. Speaking of which, Salvias are 20% off right now!
We have resident great horned owls on the property We have resident great horned owls on the property and recently one was spotted perching on the flower stalk of the Agave americana (century plant) in the garden. All the nectar in the flowers happened to attract a little Anna’s hummingbird at the same time for a photobomb! 👀by Mariah, 📸 by Alexa.
Hungry monarch caterpillars munch milkweed! We fou Hungry monarch caterpillars munch milkweed! We found a few on our crop of Asclepias fascicularis in the growing grounds! If you need to add this monarch host plant to your butterfly garden or replenish due to voracious caterpillars we have them available in 1 gallons for $9.99.
Cool video of a White-Lined Sphinx Moth feeding on Cool video of a White-Lined Sphinx Moth feeding on a lavender flower at the nursery, by our observant Mariah!
Violas on special! Three varieties in 1 gallons at Violas on special! Three varieties in 1 gallons at $4.99 (reg. $8.99). ‘Halo Sky Blue’, ‘Halo Golden Yellow’, and ‘Etain’. These evergreen perennials will add color almost year-round!
Spotted in the nursery! A western tiger swallowtai Spotted in the nursery! A western tiger swallowtail feeding on Centranthus ruber - commonly known as red valerian or Jupiter’s beard. Thanks to staff member Mariah for the 📷.
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2660 East Lake Avenue (Highway 152)
Watsonville, CA 95076
Across from the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds

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