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Fire Printzia

Printzia pyrifolia

Fire Printzia
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Fire Printzia is a sparsely branched South African shrub, up to about 1.6 m tall, with felt-like white undersides to its leaves and dense daisy-like flowerheads from December to May. It grows naturally in damp ground beside rivers and streams and on rocky mountain grassland, so it needs consistent moisture and a sunny spot.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during the growing season, and do not let it dry out completely.
Soil
Moisture-retentive but well-drained loam; amend with organic matter.
Temperature
Hardy in mild temperate to subtropical conditions; protect from frost, roughly below -5 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Cape Prov. to Free State and KwaZulu-Natal

About

Printzia pyrifolia is a species of plant from South Africa.

Where it grows

This species grows in South Africa. It grows in damp areas, commonly near rivers and streams. It grows on rocky grasslands on mountain slopes.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Printzia pyrifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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