Water-Wise Gardening

California-Friendly Plant: Winter Red

In 1735, famed Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus admired historic engravings of a beautiful flowering plant, and while gazing across the Mediterranean Sea, named them Proteas after the legendary Greek sea god. The most striking of the Proteas family is the Winter Red.

Winter Red is a bushy shrub with yellow flowers that turn deep red toward the tip. It grows fast in full sun with well-drained soil, and thrives on just a little rainfall, making it perfect for South Orange County conditions. Winter Red blooms in late summer and lasts through the winter, so now is the right time to add this Proteas to your California-Friendly garden.