Protea Repens - Common Sugarbush - Suikerbossie - 5 Seeds Salad Greens The plant is best known

The plant is best known for the edible flower buds (capers)

the peppers grown towards August/September tend to contain more capsaicin than the ones of June/July

A South African favourite with tasty cricket ball sized fruits in autumn

grey-green and form a stem at the base of the plant

composted pine bark and other composted organic materials and fertilizers

Protea Repens - Common Sugarbush - Suikerbossie - 5 Seeds Salad Greens The plant is best known" Protea 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