Life Span
Annual and Perennial
Perennial
Type
Broadleaf Evergreen
Cactus or Succulent
Origin
Africa, Southern Africa
Southwestern United States, Mexico
Types
Drakensberg sugarbush, Clanwilliam sugarbush, The Wagon tree
Dasylirion acrotrichum, Dasylirion berlandieri, Dasylirion cedrosanum
Number of Varieties
16006
0
40000
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Habitat
Subtropical climates, Tropical regions
Desert, Dry areas, Rocky areas
USDA Hardiness Zone
10-1112-15
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
12-8
12-10
Sunset Zone
H1, 22, 23, 24
10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Habit
-
Rosette/Stemless
Plant Size
Minimum Height
91.44 cm17.78 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
91.44 cm10.16 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
-
Yellow
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
-
Fruit Color
-
Tan
Leaf Color in Spring
-
Green, Blue Green
Leaf Color in Summer
-
Green, Blue Green
Leaf Color in Fall
-
Green, Blue Green
Leaf Color in Winter
-
Green, Blue Green
Shape
Leaf Shape
Egg-shaped
Narrow
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Fall, Spring
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun
Full Sun
Growth Rate
-
Slow
Type of Soil
Clay
Loam, Sand
The pH of Soil
Acidic
Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Drainage
-
Well drained
Bloom Time
All year
Spring
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
-
Drought
Where to Plant?
Ground
Container, Ground
How to Plant?
Seedlings
Leaf Cutting, Seedlings, Stem Cutting
Plant Maintenance
Low
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Requires a lot of watering
Does not require lot of watering, Water occasionally
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Neutral
Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Type
Loam, Sand
Loam, Sand
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun
Full Sun
Pruning
Pinch Tips, Remove branches, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves, Remove dead or diseased plant parts
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer, Fertilzer with low nitrogen content
Pests and Diseases
Red blotch
Red blotch
Plant Tolerance
-
Drought
Flowers
✔
✘
✔
✘
Flower Petal Number
-
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
-
-
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
-
Bold
Foliage Sheen
-
Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Flying insects, Insects
Bees, Butterflies
Allergy
-
-
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Showy Purposes
Ground Cover
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Cough, Diarrhea, Stomach Ulcers
-
Part of Plant Used
Flowers
-
Other Uses
Used for its medicinal properties
useful as a ground cover
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Container, Cutflower, Feature Plant, Mixed Border, Rock Garden / Wall
Container, Dried Flower, Everlasting, Feature Plant, Rock Garden, Wall, Wildflower
Botanical Name
PROTEA
DASYLIRION berlandieri
Common Name
Protea, Waboom, Wagon Tree
Blue Giant, Blue Twister, Desert Spoon, Zaragosa
In Hindi
Protea plant
Blue Giant Grass
In German
Protea Pflanze
Blue Giant Grass
In French
usine de Protea
Blue Giant Herbe
In Spanish
planta de protea
Blue Grass gigante
In Greek
φυτό Protea
Μπλε Giant Grass
In Portuguese
planta Protea
Blue Grass gigante
In Polish
Protea roślin
Błękitny Gigant Trawa
In Latin
Protea herba
Giant herba blue
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Vascular plant
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
-
Order
Proteales
Asparagales
Family
Proteaceae
Agavaceae
Genus
Protea
Dasylirion
Clade
Angiosperms, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Monocots
Tribe
Proteae
-
Subfamily
Proteoideae
Nolinoideae
Number of Species
160022
1
27800
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