Protea Lorifolia - Strap-leaved Sugarbush - 5 Seeds Lemon Balm Flowers emerge from the centre

Flowers emerge from the centre of the leaves

The plants are also known as knopies (buttons)

Lovage root contains furanocoumarins which can lead to photosensitivity

rocket-shaped flowers

Bachelor Button Blue Boy (also known as Cornflower) has other admirable traits including drought tolerance

Protea Lorifolia - Strap-leaved Sugarbush - 5 Seeds Lemon Balm Flowers emerge from the centreProtea is both the botanical name and the English common name of a genus of South African flowering plants, sometimes also called sugarbushes. Most Protea occur south of the Limpopo River. 92% of the species occur only in the Cape Floristic Region, a narrow belt of mountainous coastal land from Clanwilliam to Grahamstown, South Africa. The extraordinary richness and diversity of species characteristic of the Cape Flora is thought to be caused in part