Isopogon formosus
This small, evergreen Australian Proteacea is interesting for the beauty of its foliage as well as its rosy purple flowers. Handsome, deeply-divided foliage and slender, tubular mauve-pink flowers springing from a compact head.
1.50 (à 10 ans)
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1.30 (à 10 ans)
Sun Use
In Mediterranean-themed shrubberies in oceanic climates, or in pots.
Planting
In full sun, protected from cold winds, in very well-drained, acid soil. Remove the plant from its container and thoroughly soak the root ball. Place the plant (not too deeply) in a hole with a mixture of loose soil, sandtype material and topsoil around the root-ball, gently tamping the earth. Water in.
Maintenance
Prune after flowering to keep a compact form. Fertiliser is not necessary (if container-grown, apply a specialised Protea fertiliser). If planted, mulching is preferable to mechanical weeding.
