Banksias – (Kevin Collins)
The Grevilea Book – (Olde & Marrott)
Protea – (Colin Patterson-Jones)
The Protea Book – A guide to Cultivated
Proteaceae (Lewis J. Matthews)
Rene’s Bouquets for Brides – (Rene Van Rems)
Some of these books are out of print but may be available in used bookstores, or libraries.
South Africa’s Proteaceae, Know Them and Grow Them
by Marie Vogt (out of print)
South African Proteaceae in New Zealand
by Lewis Matthews
Proteas, The Propagation and Production of Proteaceae
by Jack Harre (out of print)
Proteas, A Field Guide to the Proteas of Southern Africa
by Tony Rebelo
The Banksia Book by Alex S. George
The Protea Book: A guide to cultivated Proteaceae
by Lewis Matthews
Protea by Colin Paterson-Jones
The Protea Growers Handbook by Lewis Matthews
The Protea Family in Africa by Colin Paterson-Jones
Protea in Hawaii by Paul Wood & Ron Dahlquist
Proteas for Pleasure: How to grow & Identify them
by Sima Eliovson
Grow Proteas: A Guide to Propagation and Cultivation
by Nathaniel Brown
24″ x 36″ – Become a CPA member and attend a meeting to receive a poster. Also available for purchase for $30 at some CPA meetings and events. This poster was created especially for the California Protea Association.
So You Want To Grow Proteas!
This book was written in 1999 by our own association members and has a wealth of information from experienced California protea farmers about how to start a new commercial protea growing operation. Click here for a digital copy of the book.
To make a beautiful and professional protea wreath like the one featured on the cover of Sunset Magazine, go to A Passion for Flowers blog for a great step-by-step demonstration.
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