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Protea compacta
Also called Bot River Sugarbush, Compacta, Handsome Erodendrum, Pink Protea, Pinkvelvet Protea, Prince Sugarbush, Thomas
Bot River protea is a compact shrub from the Cape region of South Africa, grown widely as a cut flower. It needs very well-drained, acidic, sandy soil and full sun to thrive.
Protea compacta is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae. It is similar to Protea eximia. Its distribution is from the Kleinmond to Bredasdorp Mountains in South Africa and is one of the best known proteas in the cut flower industry. Its leaves curve upward.
Clasping Leaf Sugarbush · Ladismith Sugarbush · King Protea · Forest Sugarbush
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Protea compacta 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.
